Erinaceus Linnaeus 1758

Erinaceus Linnaeus 1758, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 52.

Type Species: Erinaceus europaeus Linnaeus 1758

Synonyms: Herinaceus Mina-Palumbo 1868 .

Species and subspecies: 4 species with 8 subspecies:

Species Erinaceus amurensis Schrenk 1859

Species Erinaceus concolor Martin 1837

Subspecies Erinaceus concolor subsp. concolor Martin 1837

Subspecies Erinaceus concolor subsp. rhodius Festa 1914

Subspecies Erinaceus concolor subsp. transcaucasicus Satunin 1905

Species Erinaceus europaeus Linnaeus 1758

Species Erinaceus roumanicus Barrett-Hamilton 1900

Subspecies Erinaceus roumanicus subsp. roumanicus Barrett-Hamilton 1900

Subspecies Erinaceus roumanicus subsp. bolkayi V. Martino 1930

Subspecies Erinaceus roumanicus subsp. drozdovskii V. and E. Martino 1933

Subspecies Erinaceus roumanicus subsp. nesiotes Bate 1906

Subspecies Erinaceus roumanicus subsp. pallidus Stroganov 1957

Discussion: Formerly included Atelerix and Aethechinus; see Corbet (1988) and comments under Atelerix . Does not include Mesechinus, see comments therein. The genetic relationships among European populations were studied by Filippucci and Simson (1996), Santucci et al. (1998), and Seddon et al. (2002).