Mesechinus wangi
He Kai, Jiang Xuelong, & Ai Huaisen in Ai Huaisen, He Kai, Chen Zhongzheng, Li Jiaqi, Wan Tao, Li Quan, Nie Wenhuan, Wang Jinhuan, Su Weiting, & Jiang Xuelong, 2018
Wang's Forest Hedgehog
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Eulipotyphla |
| Suborder | : Erinaceota |
| Family | : Erinaceidae |
| Subfamily | : Erinaceinae |
| Genus | : Mesechinus |
Species status
Authority citation
Ai, H.-s., He, K., Chen, Z.-z., Li, J.-q., Wan, T., Li, Q., Nie, W.-h., Wang, J.-h., Su, W.-t. and Jiang, X.-l. 2018. Taxonomic revision of the genus Mesechinus (Mammalia: Erinaceidae) with description of a new species. Zoological Research 39(5):335-347.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2018.034Original name as described
Mesechinus wangi
Other common names
Gaoligong Forest Hedgehog
Type material
KIZ 022028
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve (24°50' N, 98°45' E), Baoshan, Yunnan, China, on 1st September 2010, at altitude of 2215 m."
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
China
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Ai, H. S., He, K., Chen, Z. Z., Li, J. Q., Wan, T., Li, Q., ... & Jiang, X. L. (2018). Taxonomic revision of the genus Mesechinus (Mammalia: Erinaceidae) with description of a new species. Zoological research, 39(5), 335-347.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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