Atelerix algirus (Lereboullet 1842)

[Erinaceus] algirus Lereboullet 1842, Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Strasbourg, 3 (2): art. QQ: 4.

Type Locality: Algeria, "provient de Oran ".

Vernacular Names: North African Hedgehog.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Atelerix algirus subsp. algirus Lereboullet 1842

Subspecies Atelerix algirus subsp. girbanensis Vesmanis 1980

Subspecies Atelerix algirus subsp. vagans Thomas 1901

Distribution: Coastal Western Sahara to Algeria, Tunisia, and N Libya; introduced into Canary Isls, Balearic Isls, Malta, and Mediterranean France and Spain; one historical record from Puerto Rico.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Authorship is often credited to Duvernoy and Lereboullet, 1842, but Saint-Girons (1972) showed that Lereboullet was the only author. Hutterer (1983 c) recognized vagans and girbanensis as subspecies.