Atelerix algirus (Lereboullet 1842)
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Atelerix algirus (Lereboullet 1842) View in CoL
[Erinaceus] algirus Lereboullet 1842 , Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Strasbourg, 3 (2): art. QQ: 4.
Type Locality: Algeria, "provient de Oran ".
Vernacular Names: North African Hedgehog.
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Subspecies Atelerix algirus subsp. algirus Lereboullet 1842
Subspecies Atelerix algirus subsp. girbanensis Vesmanis 1980
Subspecies Atelerix algirus subsp. vagans Thomas 1901
Distribution: Coastal Western Sahara to Algeria, Tunisia, and N Libya; introduced into Canary Isls, Balearic Isls, Malta, and Mediterranean France and Spain; one historical record from Puerto Rico.
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: Authorship is often credited to Duvernoy and Lereboullet, 1842, but Saint-Girons (1972) showed that Lereboullet was the only author. Hutterer (1983 c) recognized vagans and girbanensis as subspecies.
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Atelerix algirus (Lereboullet 1842)
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005 |
[Erinaceus] algirus
Lereboullet 1842: art. QQ: 4 |