Hemiechinus collaris (Gray 1830)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Erinaceomorpha, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 212-219 : 215

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scientific name

Hemiechinus collaris (Gray 1830)
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Hemiechinus collaris (Gray 1830) View in CoL

[Hemiechinus] collaris ( Gray 1830) View in CoL , in: Hardwicke, Illust. Indian Zool., Vol. 1: pl. 8.

Type Locality: India, "Doab"; restricted to "between Jumna and Ganges Rivers"; see discussion in Wroughton (1910:81).

Vernacular Names: Indian Long-eared Hedgehog.

Synonyms: Hemiechinus grayi (Bennett 1832) ; Hemiechinus indicus (Royle 1833) ; Hemiechinus spatangus (Bennett 1832) .

Distribution: Pakistan and NW India.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Formerly included in auritus , but Roberts (1977) indicated that there is discontinuity in distribution and morphology between collaris (which he called auritus collaris ) and auritus (which he called megalotis ).

Gray, J. E. 1830 - 1834. Illustrations of Indian zoology; chiefly selected from the collection of Major-General Hardwicke. Treuttel, Wurtz, Treuttel, Jun. and Richter, London, [vol 1, 1830 - 1832; vol 2, 1833 - 1834].

Roberts, T. J. 1977. The mammals of Pakistan. Ernest Benn Limited, London, 361 pp.

Wroughton, R. C. 1910. On the nomenclature of the Indian hedgehogs. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 20: 80 - 82.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Erinaceomorpha

Family

Erinaceidae

SubFamily

Erinaceinae

Genus

Hemiechinus