Atelerix Pomel, 1848 . Arch. Sci. Phys. Nat. Geneve, 9:251.

TYPE SPECIES: Erinaceus albiventris Wagner, 1841 .

SYNONYMS: Aethechinus, Peroechinus .

COMMENTS: Formerly in Erinaceus, but see Robbins and Setzer (1985) and Corbet (1988:149).