Eastern forest hedgehog

Species of mammal

Eastern forest hedgehog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Erinaceidae
Genus: Mesechinus
Species:
M. orientalis
Binomial name
Mesechinus orientalis
Shi Zifan, Yao Hongfeng, He Kai, Bai Weipeng, Zhou Jiajun, Fan Jingyi, Su Weiting, Nie Wenhui, Yang Shuzhen, Onditi, Jiang Xuelong, & Chen Zhongzheng, 2023

The eastern forest hedgehog (Mesechinus orientalis) is a newly described species of hedgehog endemic to eastern China.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Zifan, Shi; Hongfeng, Yao; Kai, He; Weipeng, Bai; Jiajun, Zhou; Jingyi, Fan; Weiting, Su; Wenhui, Nie; Shuzhen, Yang; Onditi, Kenneth O.; Xuelong, Jiang; Zhongzheng, Chen (2023). "A new species of forest hedgehog (Mesechinus, Erinaceidae, Eulipotyphla, Mammalia) from eastern China". ZooKeys (1185): 143–161. Bibcode:2023ZooK.1185..143S. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1185.111615. PMC 10698749. PMID 38074901.
  2. ^ "Mesechinus orientalis (id=1006794)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists.
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Extant Erinaceidae species by subfamily
  • Kingdom Animalia
  • Phylum Chordata
  • Class Mammalia
  • Infraclass Eutheria
  • Superorder Laurasiatheria
  • Order Eulipotyphla
Erinaceinae
(Hedgehogs)
Atelerix
  • Four-toed hedgehog (A. albiventris)
  • North African hedgehog (A. algirus)
  • Southern African hedgehog (A. frontalis)
  • Somali hedgehog (A. sclateri)
Erinaceus
  • Amur hedgehog (E. amurensis)
  • Southern white-breasted hedgehog (E. concolor)
  • West European hedgehog (E. europaeus)
  • Northern white-breasted hedgehog (E. roumanicus)
Hemiechinus
  • Long-eared hedgehog (H. auritus)
  • Indian long-eared hedgehog (H. collaris)
Mesechinus
  • Daurian hedgehog (M. dauuricus)
  • Hugh's hedgehog (M. hughi)
  • Gaoligong forest hedgehog (M. wangi)
  • Small-toothed forest hedgehog (M. miodon)
  • Eastern forest hedgehog (M. orientalis)
Paraechinus
  • Desert hedgehog (P. aethiopicus)
  • Brandt's hedgehog (P. hypomelas)
  • Indian hedgehog (P. micropus)
  • Bare-bellied hedgehog (P. nudiventris)
Galericinae
(Gymnures)
Echinosorex
  • Moonrat (E. gymnura)
Hylomys
  • Dwarf gymnure (H. parvus)
  • Javan short-tailed gymnure (H. suillus)
  • Bornean short-tailed gymnure (H. dorsalis)
  • Max's short-tailed gymnure (H. maxi)
  • Dalat gymnure (H. macarong)
  • Northern short-tailed gymnure (H. peguensis)
  • Leuser gymnure (H. vorax)
Neohylomys
  • Hainan gymnure (N. hainanensis)
Neotetracus
  • Shrew gymnure (N. sinensis)
Otohylomys
  • Long-eared gymnure (O. megalotis)
Podogymnura
  • Dinagat gymnure (P. aureospinula)
  • Eastern Mindanao gymnure (P. intermedia)
  • Mindanao gymnure (P. truei)
Taxon identifiers
Mesechinus orientalis
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