Atelerix albiventris (Wagner 1841)

[Erinaceus] albiventris Wagner 1841, in: Schreber, Die Saugethiere, Suppl. 2: 22.

Type Locality: Probably Senegal or Gambia; see Allen (1939:20).

Vernacular Names: Four-toed Hedgehog.

Synonyms: Atelerix adansoni (Rochebrune 1883); Atelerix atratus (Rhoads 1896); Atelerix diadematus (Fitzinger 1867); Atelerix faradjius J. A. Allen 1922; Atelerix heterodactylus (Sundevall 1842); Atelerix hindei (Thomas 1910); Atelerix kilimanus Thomas 1918; Atelerix langi J. A. Allen 1922; Atelerix lowei Setzer 1956; Atelerix oweni (Setzer 1953); Atelerix pruneri (Wagner 1841); Atelerix sotikae (Heller 1910); Atelerix spiculus (Thomas and Wroughton 1907); Atelerix spinifex Thomas 1918 .

Distribution: Savanna and steppe zones from Senegal to Eritrea and Somalia and south to the Zambezi River.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: No convincing subspecific arrangement has been proposed for this species. For synonyms see Corbet (1988:149) and Ansell (1974b).