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.

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 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

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