ERINACEIDAE G. Fischer, 1814

Amori, Giovanni, Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoude, Decher, Jan, Assou, Delagnon, Gippoliti, Spartaco & Luiselli, Luca, 2016, Non-marine mammals of Togo (West Africa): an annotated checklist, Zoosystema 38 (2), pp. 201-244 : 221

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2016n2a3
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persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B8879E-F304-3821-05B4-FB79C176C1DD
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	ERINACEIDAE G. Fischer, 1814
status

Treatment

Family ERINACEIDAE G. Fischer, 1814 View in CoL

Atelerix albiventris (Wagner, 1841) ▶ ( Fig. 15)

HISTORICAL LITERATURE AND VOUCHERS. — Matschie (1893b, 1899) reported this species as Erinaceus albiventris Wagner, 1841 from Aného, Klein Popo and Port Seguro and writes “The same hedgehog species also observed near Lomé on the Coast” ( Matschie 1899: 7). Thirty-nine specimens, captured by the African Mammal Project at Dapaong, Padori and Pewa, are currently listed in the NMNH database.

REMARK

This species is traded for the traditional medicine across Togo.