Erinaceus roumanicus

Barrett-Hamilton, 1900

Northern 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

Barrett-Hamilton, G.E.H. 1900-04-01. Note on the common hedgehog (_Erinaceus europæus_, Linnæus) and its subspecies or local variations. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)5(28):360-368.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24340347

Original name as described

Erinaceus europaeus roumanicus

Other common names

Eastern European Hedgehog

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1904.4.6.16

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/364dc852-9410-471e-96b6-7ec8478406c1

Type locality

"Gageni, Roumania [= Romania]."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Italy · Austria · Czech Republic · Poland · Slovenia · Hungary · Slovakia · Croatia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Serbia · Kosovo · Albania · Montenegro · North Macedonia · Greece · Turkey · Bulgaria · Romania · Moldova · Ukraine · Belarus · Lithuania · Latvia · Estonia · Russia · Georgia · Azerbaijan? · Kazakhstan

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003811

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 europaeus roumanicus

Barrett-Hamilton, 1900

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

roumanicus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.4.6.16

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/364dc852-9410-471e-96b6-7ec8478406c1

Authority page

365

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24340347

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Bate (1906:317, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31207786) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14204)

Erinaceus danubicus

Matschie, 1901

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

danubicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 12663

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

229

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8798637

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Erinaceus europæus nesiotes

Bate, 1906

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

nesiotes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1905.12.2.11

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e1bf927c-2c93-4d94-94f2-c7c7c8fb5721

Authority page

316

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31207785

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Bate (1906:316, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31207785) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14204)

Erinaceus ponticus abasgicus

Satunin, 1907

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

abasgicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 60947

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

234

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30257126

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

  1. Satunin (1908:78, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58466496) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44143)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)

Erinaceus nesiotes

G. S. Miller, 1912

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

nesiotes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

129

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8421448

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Miller (1912:129, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8421448) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5948)

Erinaceus roumanicus

G. S. Miller, 1912

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

roumanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

127

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8421446

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Miller (1912:127, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8421446) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5948)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)
  3. Gippoliti (2013:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/25250)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003811) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136344/197508156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Erinaceus europaeus danubicus

Ognev, 1913

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

danubicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

140

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14956512

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Ognëv (1913:140, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14956512) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36183)

Erinaceus europaeus roumanicus var. kievensis

Charlemagne, 1915

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

kievensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

varietyorform

Authority page

37

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

Erinaceus rumanicus

Ognev, 1925

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

rumanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

6

Authority publication

Бюллетень Московского общества испытателей природы

Name usages

Ognëv (1925:6) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68860)

Erinaceus europaeus centralrossicus pallidus

Ognev, 1928

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

pallidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

infrasubspecific

Type

ZIN S. 42290

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

96

Authority publication

Moscow

Erinaceus roumanicus dissimilis

G. Stein, 1929

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

dissimilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 41381

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

240

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45364884

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Name usages

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

Erinaceus rumanicus rumanicus (morpha) bolkayi

V. E. Martino, 1930

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

bolkayi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

infrasubspecific

Type

ZIN S. 45179

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

60

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Russian Scientific Institute in Belgrade

Erinaceus roumanicus roumanicus drozdovskii

V. E. Martino & E. V. Martino, 1933

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

drozdovskii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

infrasubspecific

Type

ZIN S. 45187

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

56

Authority publication

Prirodoslovne Razprave

Erinaceus roumanicus drozdovskii

V. E. Martino, 1939

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

drozdovskii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 45187

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

85-106

Authority publication

Zapiski Russkago nauchnago Instituta v Belgradi

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Erinaceus europaeus pallidus

Stroganov, 1957

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

pallidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority publication

Moscow

Erinaceus cabardinicus

A. K. Tembotov, Dzuev, & Khemykhov, 1984

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

cabardinicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority publication

Yekaterinburg

Name usages

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

Erinaceus roumanicus bolkayi

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

bolkayi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notexplicitlynew · name_combination

Authority page

214

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005:214) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Erinaceus roumanicus nesiotes

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

nesiotes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Erinaceus roumanicus pallidus

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

pallidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Erinaceus roumanicus roumanicus

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

roumanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

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