Hemiechinus auritus

(S. G. Gmelin, 1770)

Common Long-eared Hedgehog

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Eulipotyphla
Suborder : Erinaceota
Family : Erinaceidae
Subfamily : Erinaceinae
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://www.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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

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

Blyth (1863:80, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534761) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Erinaceus calligoni

(Satunin, 1901)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

calligoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.11.27.1, ZMMU S-4142, ZMMU S-4143

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ecebaeeb-5e54-4b6e-a6b9-8ae0a759ed6e

Authority page

284

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31888743

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Hemiechinus auritus metwallyi

Setzer, 1957

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

metwallyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:83521

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=497400c4-5ee3-4947-ba0c-71a955c4bc38

Authority page

6

Authority publication

Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association

Name usages

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

Hemiechinus auritus dorotheae

Spitzenberger, 1978

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

dorotheae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMW 14840

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

406

Authority publication

Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien

Name usages

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

Hemiechinus albulus alaschanicus

Satunin, 1907

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

alaschanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 2019

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

181

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg

Name usages

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

Hemiechinus homalacanthus

Stroganov, 1944

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

homalacanthus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 30507

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

130

Authority publication

Доклады Академии наук СССР

Name usages

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

Hemiechinus persicus

Satunin, 1907

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

persicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 7491

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

181

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg

Name usages

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

Hemiechinus albulus major

Ognev & Heptner, 1928

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

major

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 7551

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

259

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

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

Erinaceus albulus turanicus

(Satunin, 1905)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

turanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 7553

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

45

Authority publication

Mitteilungen des Kaukasischen Museums

Name usages

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

Hemiechinus albulus minor

Satunin, 1907

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 7554

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

181

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg

Name usages

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

Hemiechinus russowi

Satunin, 1907

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

russowi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 7580

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

177

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg

Name usages

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

Erinaceus albulus turfanicus

(Matschie, 1911)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

turfanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 32178

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

4

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

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

Hemiechinus holdereri

Matschie, 1922

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

holdereri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 32180, ZMB 32181

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

73

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43656368

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Erinaceus libycus

(Ehrenberg, 1828)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

libycus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 732, ZMB 733

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

sheet k, footnote

Authority publication

Berlin

Hemiechinus microtis

Laptev, 1925

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

microtis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-14754, ZMMU S-14755

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-14754 https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-14755

Authority page

66

Authority publication

Бюллетень Средне-Азиатского Государственного Университета

Name usages

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

Hemiechinus calligoni turkestanicus

Ognev, 1928

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

turkestanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-14839

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-14839

Authority page

130

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

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

Hemiechinus albulus insularis

Timofeyev, 1934

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

insularis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-5939

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-5939

Authority page

748

Authority publication

Зоологический Журнал

Name usages

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

Erinaceus (Hemiechinus) albulus

(Stoliczka, 1872)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

albulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 15557

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

226

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37137942

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Stoliczka (1872:226, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37137942) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67309)

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)

Erinaceolus microtis

(Ognev, 1928)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

microtis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

169

Authority publication

Moscow

Hemiechinus auritus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

auritus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

24

Authority publication

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)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:364) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Smith & Xie (2008:294) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  6. Happold & Happold (2013:37) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40607) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40607) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003812) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40607/197510528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Hemiechinus auritus aegyptius

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

aegyptius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:294) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Hemiechinus auritus albulus

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

albulus

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 (2018:325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Hemiechinus auritus auritus

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

auritus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:294) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Hemiechinus auritus libycus

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

libycus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Hemiechinus auritus megalotis

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

megalotis

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 (2018:325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

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. Illiger (1815:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  2. Lichtenstein (1823:124, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60405161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65818)
  3. Lesson (1827:116, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207584) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  4. Smith (1842:148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  5. Lesson (1842:94) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Erinaceus aegyptius

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

aegyptius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

69

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:117, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207585) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Erinaceus auritus

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

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

auritus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority publication

Paris

Erinaceus auritus caspicus

(Sundevall, 1842)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

caspicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

237

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

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

Erinaceus (Ericius) platyotis

(Sundevall, 1842)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

platyotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

232

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

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

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

Erinaceus syriacus

(Wood, 1876)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

syriacus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

83

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

Erinaceus frontalis

(Dobson, 1882)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

frontalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

18

Authority publication

London

Name usages

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

Erinaceus calligoni

(Satunin in P. L. Sclater, 1901)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

calligoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

536

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9745497

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Hemiechinus calligoni brachyotis

Satunin, 1908

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

brachyotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

47, 106

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58466465 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58466524

Authority publication

Mitteilungen des Kaukasischen Museums

Name usages

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

Hemiechinus chorassanicus

Laptev, 1926

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

chorassanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

115

Authority publication

Бюллетень Средне-Азиатского Государственного Университета

Name usages

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

Erinaceus libycus

(G. M. Allen, 1939)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

libycus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

subsequent_usage

Authority page

22

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782040

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

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