Paraechinus hypomelas

(Brandt, 1836)

Brandt's Hedgehog

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersbourg, vol. 1, 32

Original name as described

Erinaceus hypomelas

Other common names

Brandt's Steppic Hedgehog · Long-spined Hedgehog

Type material

ZIN S. 918

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"pays des Turcomans [= country of the Turkmens]." Interpreted by D. R. Frost and colleagues in 1991 as "roughly equivalent to the Turkmen, Uzbek, Kazak, and Karakalpak regions of the [former] U.S.S.R." and by R. Hutterer in 2005 as "somewhere in S Kazakhstan."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Afrotropic

Country distribution

Saudi Arabia · Yemen · Oman · United Arab Emirates · Iran · Kazakhstan · Uzbekistan · Turkmenistan · Tajikistan · Afghanistan · Pakistan

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003819

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 macracanthus

(Blanford, 1875)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

macracanthus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1874.11.21.25, ZSI 217a

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/260c2878-72fa-4c41-a2ac-788772aecfcd

Authority page

310

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25128192

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Paraechinus amir

O. Thomas, 1918

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

amir

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1881.8.16.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8805fc70-36ba-465a-a3cf-634f63a4c7b8

Authority page

232

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18641667

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Erinaceus jerdoni

(J. Anderson, 1878)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

jerdoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1887.4.2.1

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3f1001ce-ae76-491e-819e-2779b1fcbf30

Authority page

209

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35553382

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

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

Erinaceus blanfordi

(J. Anderson, 1878)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

blanfordi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1887.4.2.2, ZSI 1556

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/850729f3-7111-4a47-a102-abc145c534c1

Authority page

208

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35553381

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Erinaceus niger

(Blanford, 1878)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

niger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1888.6.18.3

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2da7f874-72ea-4c7e-a0b1-b33b0cfefe98

Authority page

212

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35553385

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

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

Paraechinus niger sabaeus

O. Thomas, 1922

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

sabaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1902.11.22.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/61f7ccb4-61f6-4755-8792-7f799c2bf6bc

Authority page

143

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15689878

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Paraechinus niger seniculus

O. Thomas, 1922

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

seniculus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1921.12.3.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d20f7978-9a5d-4989-8e75-295ef0e43587

Authority page

142

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15689877

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Erinaceus hypomelas

(Brandt, 1836)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

hypomelas

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 918

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

32

Authority publication

Bulletin Scientifique publié par l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg

Paraechinus hypomelas

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

hypomelas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

25

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:67) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:363) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40610) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40610) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003819) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40610/115174910) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Paraechinus hypomelas blanfordi

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

blanfordi

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 (2018:324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Paraechinus hypomelas hypomelas

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

hypomelas

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 (2018:324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Paraechinus hypomelas sabaeus

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

sabaeus

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 (2018:324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Paraechinus hypomelas seniculus

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

seniculus

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 (2018:324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Paraechinus hypomelas eversmanni

Ognev, 1927

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

eversmanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

218

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

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