Paraechinus nudiventris
(Horsfield, 1851)
Bare-bellied 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
Horsfield, T. 1851. A Catalogue of the Mammalia in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company. J. & H. Cox, London, 212 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832433Original name as described
Erinaceus nudiventris
Other common names
Madras Hedgehog
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.467
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5fac3c17-08c1-4aff-af27-04f69ba17c36Type locality
"Madras," India. Interpreted by D. R. Frost and colleagues in 1991 as either "the city at 13°05'N, 80°17'E or the older name for the Tamil Nadu province," India.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
India
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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