Atelerix frontalis (A. Smith 1831)
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Atelerix frontalis (A. Smith 1831) View in CoL
[Atelerix] frontalis (A. Smith 1831) View in CoL , South African Quart. J., 2: 10.
Type Locality: " Cape Colony"; restricted to South Africa, Eastern Cape Prov., northern parts of the Graaff Reinet district, by Ellerman et al. (1953).
Vernacular Names: Southern African Hedgehog.
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Subspecies Atelerix frontalis subsp. frontalis A. Smith 1831
Subspecies Atelerix frontalis subsp. angolae Thomas 1918
Distribution: S South Africa to E Botswana and W Zimbabwe; and Namibia to SW Angola.
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: Genus allocation uncertain. Results of Bannikova et al. (2002) obtained with the fingerprinting method indicate that frontalis does not form a monophyletic group with other species of Atelerix and thus may deserve a genus of its own. Meester et al. (1986:15) listed angolae as a valid subspecies.
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Atelerix frontalis (A. Smith 1831)
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005 |
[Atelerix] frontalis (A. Smith 1831)
A. Smith 1831: 10 |