The Taxonomicon
Home
Site map | Contact
Under construction
Taxon: Genus Erinaceus Linnaeus, 1758 - Eurasian hedgehogs (mammal)
 Entity: 

Authorship

SN2000 author citation C. Linnaeus, 1758
Unavailable original name & rank Linnaeus, C. 1735. Syst. Nat. [ed. 1]: [10].
Original name, rank & spelling Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 52.

Types

Type ofErinaceini (Tribe) Fischer, 1814
Type, by monotypyErinaceus europaeus Linnaeus, 1758

Variants

Unavailable nameErinaceus (Genus) nom. inval.

Synonyms

Accepted nameAtelerix (Genus) Pomel, 1848 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous nameHerinaceus (Genus) Blumenbach, 1803 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous namePeroeclinus (Genus) Fitzinger, 1866 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous nameSetiger (Genus) Geoffroy, 1839 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
IncludingAethechinus (Genus) Thomas, 1918
IncludingAtelerix (Genus) Pomel, 1848 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
IncludingAtelerix (Subgenus) Pomel, 1848
IncludingMesechinus (Genus) Ognev, 1951 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full nameegels Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975

Vernacular Names (English)

Full nameEurasian hedgehogs
woodland hedgehogs Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
©2004-2024 Universal Taxonomic Services
Last updated: 1 Feb 2024