Mesechinus Ognev, 1951 . Byull. Moskow. Ova. Ispyt. Prir. Otd. Biol., 56:8.

TYPE SPECIES: Erinaceus dauuricus Sundevall, 1842 .

COMMENTS: Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1987: 11) proposed to place Mesechinus as subgenus in Erinaceus while Corbet (1988: 163) included it in Hemiechinus . Most recently, Frost et al. (1991:30) concluded that Mesechinus deserves full generic status.