Mesechinus dauuricus

(Sundevall, 1842)

Daurian Hedgehog

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

K. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. Stockholm, vol. 1841, 237

Original name as described

Erinaceus dauuricus

Type locality

"Dauuria." Interpreted by D. R. Frost and colleagues in 1991 as "[former] U.S.S.R., Transbaikalia, Dauryia, 49°57'N, 116°55'E," Russia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Russia · Mongolia · China

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003814

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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 sibiricus

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

sibiricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1867.4.12.557

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3a52c204-a02e-4d58-92f4-7736abb61c78

Authority page

172

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872969

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:172, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872969) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Lesson (1827:117, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207585) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)

Hemiechinus manchuricus

(Mori, 1927)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

manchuricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

108

Authority publication

Annotationes Zoologicae Japonicae

Name usages

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

Hemiechinus przewalskii

(Satunin, 1907)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

przewalskii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 2022

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 dauuricus

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

dauuricus

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)

Mesechinus dauuricus

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

dauuricus

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. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40612) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:327) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40612) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003814) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40612/115175251) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mesechinus (Hemiechinus) dauricus

O'Brien, Menninger, & W. G. Nash, 2006

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

dauricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

365

Authority publication

Hoboken

Name usages

O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:365) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

Mesechinus dauuricus dauuricus

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

dauuricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

295

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:295) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Mesechinus dauuricus manchuricus

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

manchuricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

295

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:295) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Erinaceus dauuricus

(Sundevall, 1842)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

dauuricus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

237

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

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