Erinaceus concolor

W. C. L. Martin, 1838

Southern White-breasted Hedgehog

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Martin, W.C.L. 1838-05-25. Mr. Martin also communicated to the Meeting the following notice of a new species of Hedgehog. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1837:102-103.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30570988

Original name as described

Erinaceus concolor

Other common names

White-bellied Hedgehog · White-chested Hedgehog

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.83

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/422da873-8914-475b-9695-fbc00d3a0624

Type locality

"apud Trebizond." Interpreted by D. R. Frost and colleagues in 1991 as "Trabzon, Turkey, 40°00'N, 39°43'E."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Greece · Turkey · Georgia · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Russia · Iran · Lebanon · Syria · Israel · Palestine · Jordan · Iraq

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003809

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 concolor

W. C. L. Martin, 1838

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

concolor

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.83

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/422da873-8914-475b-9695-fbc00d3a0624

Authority page

103

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30570988

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Smith (1842:148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  2. Lesson (1842:94) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:65) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)
  6. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40605) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40605) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003809) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40605/197506348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Erinaceus roumanicus sacer

O. Thomas, 1918

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

sacer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1918.8.1.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d9aeb7fb-66ce-43c9-a0e5-86cf2ce2d975

Authority page

212

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22103095

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Erinaceus sharonis

Bate, 1937

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

sharonis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:PV:M 15276

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

398

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Erinaceus carmelitus

Bate, 1932

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

carmelitus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

576

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Erinaceus concolor concolor

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

concolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Erinaceus concolor rhodius

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

rhodius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Erinaceus concolor transcaucasicus

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

transcaucasicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Erinaceus europaeus transcaucasicus

Satunin, 1905

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

transcaucasicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

281

Authority publication

Mitteilungen des Kaukasischen Museums

Erinaceus ponticus

Satunin, 1907

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

ponticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

233

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30257125

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

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

Erinaceus europaeus rhodius

Festa, 1914

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

rhodius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

3

Authority publication

Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino

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