Hemiechinus auritus

(S. G. Gmelin, 1770)

Common Long-eared Hedgehog

Side view. Formerly Erinaceomorpha. Also as Afghan Hedgehog|Long-eared Steppe Hedgehog.
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Location:Azerbaijan, BakuDate taken:Jan 1, 1978

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 489

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Eulipotyphla
Suborder : Erinaceota
Superfamily : Erinaceoidea
Family : Erinaceidae
Subfamily : Erinaceinae
Tribe : Erinaceini
Genus : Hemiechinus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gmelin, S.G. 1770. De Capra Saiga et Erinaceo aurito. Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae 14(1):512-524.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36914420

Original name as described

Erinaceus auritus

Other common names

Afghan Hedgehog · Long-eared Steppe Hedgehog

Type locality

"in regione Astrachanensi." Interpreted by D. R. Frost and colleagues in 1991 as "Astrackhan'skaya Oblast', [former] U.S.S.R., 46°21'N, 48°03'E, " now southern Russia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Libya · Egypt · Israel · Palestine · Lebanon · Syria · Turkey · Iraq · Iran · Georgia · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Russia · Ukraine · Turkmenistan · Uzbekistan · Kazakhstan · Kyrgyzstan · Tajikistan · Afghanistan · Pakistan · China · Mongolia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003812

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. 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.

Total: 56 names and synonyms.

Erinaceus auritus

(S. G. Gmelin, 1770)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

auritus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

519

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36914420

Authority publication

Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae

Name usages

  1. Leske (1779:160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69307)
  2. Borowski (1780:95, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28347053) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67757)
  3. Zimmermann (1783:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  4. Boddaert (1785:129, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230093) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  5. Gmelin (1788:116, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751336) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  6. Kerr (1792:210, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664234) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  7. Wolf (1796:346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72410)
  8. Turton (1802:73, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772929) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  9. Treviranus (1803:176, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  10. Tiedemann (1808:383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37333)
  11. Goldfuss (1809:197, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47498031) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  12. Pallas (1811:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29113937) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37182)
  13. Illiger (1815:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  14. Voigt (1819:410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69477)
  15. Muirhead (1819:410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  16. Hemprich (1820:28) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69417)
  17. Ranzani (1820:214, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27807794) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69425)
  18. Desmarest (1821:148, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523912) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  19. Schinz (1821:183, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528940) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  20. Griffith (1822:272, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53016571) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68342)
  21. Lichtenstein (1823:124, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60405165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65818)
  22. Lesson (1827:116, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207584) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  23. Fischer (1829:262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  24. Burnett (1830:349, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3909459) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44017)
  25. Eichwald (1831:384, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35753049) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67585)
  26. Ménétries (1832:17, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41529502) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69276)
  27. Blainville (1838:742, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27514351) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68639)
  28. Nordmann (1839:12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63252056) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69245)
  29. Smith (1842:148, https://books.google.com/books?id=DvE_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  30. Lesson (1842:94) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  31. Sundevall (1842:231, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51039358) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67816)
  32. Bonaparte (1845:24, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43573714) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40449)
  33. Chenu (1852:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14470772) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69491)
  34. Giebel (1855:922, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45549113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
  35. Schrenck (1859:105, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33479248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67819)
  36. Radde (1861:678, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11850868) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68932)
  37. Radde (1862:124, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16012602) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68933)
  38. Murray (1866:344, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  39. Severtsov (1873:61) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68449)
  40. Severtsov (1876:43, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15925046) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36030)
  41. Przheval'skiy (1878:20, https://books.google.com/books?id=VvdpnuW5nCgC&pg=PA20) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68940)
  42. Trouessart (1880:241, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150438) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58782)
  43. Rochebrune (1883:100, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187553) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43667)
  44. Nikol'skiy (1883:170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67821)
  45. Anderson (1895:420, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30983407) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67789)
  46. Schulze (1897:91) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60594)
  47. Trouessart (1904:128, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422957) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  48. Satunin (1905:16) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69041)
  49. Flower (1932:372) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14201)

Erinaceus ægyptius

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

aegyptius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

69

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:69) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
  2. Illiger (1815:78, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080934) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  3. Lesson (1827:117, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207585) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  4. Sundevall (1842:234, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51039361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67816)

Erinaceus auritus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Audouin, 1829)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

auritus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority publication

Paris

Erinaceus libycus

(Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1833)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

libycus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 732, ZMB 733

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

sig. k p. 1 (footnote 2)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48508487

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Ehrenberg (1833:@sig. k p. 1 (footnote 2), https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48508487) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68841)
  2. Giebel (1855:922, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45549113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
  3. Murray (1866:344, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  4. Trouessart (1880:241, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150438) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58782)

Erinaceus OEgyptius

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

oegyptius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

94

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:94) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Erinaceus auritus caspicus

(Sundevall, 1842)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

caspicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

237

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51039364

Authority publication

Kongl. Vetenskaps-Academiens Handlingar

Name usages

  1. Sundevall (1842:237, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51039364) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67816)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)

Erinaceus platyotis

(Sundevall, 1842)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

platyotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

232

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51039359

Authority publication

Kongl. Vetenskaps-Academiens Handlingar

Name usages

  1. Sundevall (1842:232, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51039359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67816)
  2. Trouessart (1904:129, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422958) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)

Erinaceus megalotis

(E. Blyth in F. W. Hutton, 1845)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

megalotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.515

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9483adae-5c11-417a-b035-53ac2d697c50

Authority page

353 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40132134

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1863:80, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534761) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  2. Blanford (1888:216, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28223144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37753)
  3. Satunin (1905:16) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69041)
  4. Thomas (1918:370, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5454140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/32316)

Hemiechinus libycus

Fitzinger in von Heuglin & Fitzinger, 1866

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

libycus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

565

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6447076

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Heuglin & Fitzinger (1866:565, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6447076) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/47964)
  2. Fitzinger (1867:867, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6477607) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/47988)
  3. Allen (1939:22, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782040) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Hemiechinus aegyptius

von Heuglin & Fitzinger, 1866

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

aegyptius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

565

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6447076

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Heuglin & Fitzinger (1866:565, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6447076) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/47964)
  2. Fitzinger (1867:868, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6477608) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/47988)

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