Atelerix sclateri

(J. Anderson, 1895)

Somali 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

Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., vol. 1895, 415

Original name as described

Erinaceus sclateri

Other common names

Somalian Hedgehog

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1900.9.21.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/efc15e51-25a0-4e78-8b02-f4b86892507f

Type locality

"Taf, in Central Somaliland [= Somalia]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Somalia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003807

Country distribution map

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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.

Erinaceus sclateri

(J. Anderson, 1895)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

sclateri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1900.9.21.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/efc15e51-25a0-4e78-8b02-f4b86892507f

Authority page

415

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:66) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Atelerix sclateri

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

sclateri

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 (2013:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #2275) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:322) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #2275) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003807) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2275/115061435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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