Atelerix albiventris

(J. A. Wagner, 1841)

Four-toed Hedgehog

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Eulipotyphla
Suborder : Erinaceota
Family : Erinaceidae
Subfamily : Erinaceinae
Genus : Atelerix

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Wagner, J.A. 1841. Heft 99, Heft 100. Pp. 1–120 in Wagner, J.A. Die Säughtiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Supplementband. Zweite Abtheilung: Die Raubthiere. Boß, Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, 558 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31062651

Original name as described

Erinaceus albiventris

Other common names

African Pygmy Hedgehog · Central African Hedgehog · White-bellied Hedgehog

Type locality

type locality not given. Restricted by J. Anderson and W. E. de Winton in 1902 to "in all probability, from Senegambia Confederation [= Senegal + The Gambia]," West Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Gambia · Mauritania · Guinea · Mali · Sierra Leone · Cote d'Ivoire · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Niger · Nigeria · Cameroon · Chad · Central African Republic · Sudan · South Sudan · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Djibouti · Somalia · Uganda · Kenya · Rwanda? · Burundi? · Tanzania · Democratic Republic of the Congo? · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003804

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Atelerix langi

J. A. Allen, 1922

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

langi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-51000

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-51000

Authority page

15

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42949340

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)

Atelerix faradjius

J. A. Allen, 1922

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

faradjius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-51006

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-51006

Authority page

13

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42949342

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)

Erinaceus albiventris atratus

(Rhoads, 1896)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

atratus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 3831

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

544

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1675953

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)

Erinaceus hindei

(O. Thomas, 1910)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

hindei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.5.6.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/44530fcd-23c6-47ed-b5bd-13fa7b280f7b

Authority page

193

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094614

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)

Atelerix spinifex

O. Thomas, 1918

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

spinifex

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.1.14.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9afe7b93-33a2-4423-9369-0c13e1ae3b81

Authority page

231

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18641666

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)

Erinaceus spiculus

(O. Thomas & Wroughton, 1907)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

spiculus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.7.8.57

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/351be433-62cc-4f76-96e3-0501224eeb7b

Authority page

371

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254831

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)

Atelerix kilimanus

O. Thomas, 1918

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

kilimanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1910.7.2.38

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/174904cf-8c0f-4e57-bb70-4d720deffa41

Authority page

232

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18641667

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)

Atelerix pruneri lowei

Setzer, 1956

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

lowei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1923.1.1.35

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f7589a7c-1a1f-402a-b70b-3284e98c3b21

Authority page

453

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7488989

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)

Erinaceus (Atelerix) pruneri oweni

(Setzer, 1953)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

oweni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:67047

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=c8a493bd-fc2a-4336-b053-aa9d3f74461c

Authority page

237

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39744907

Authority publication

Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)

Erinaceus sotikae

(E. Heller, 1910)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

sotikae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:162112

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b99104f8-c0c8-4db4-90aa-97784f8c5252

Authority page

1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8813415

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)

Atelerix albiventris

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

albiventris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)
  2. Happold & Happold (2013:31) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40602) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:321) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40602) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003804) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40602/115174097) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Erinaceus albiventris

(J. A. Wagner, 1841)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

albiventris

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

22

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31062651

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

  1. Matschie (1895:34, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835427) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:65) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Erinaceus pruneri

(J. A. Wagner, 1841)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

pruneri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

23

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31062652

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)

Erinaceus heterodactylus

(Sundevall, 1842)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

heterodactylus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

227

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)

Erinaceus diadematus

(Fitzinger, 1867)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

diadematus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

853

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6477593

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)

Erinaceus adansoni

(de Rochebrune, 1883)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

adansoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

7

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31636579

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)

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