Atelerix

Atelerix^[1]

A. albiventris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Erinaceidae
Subfamily:	Erinaceinae
Genus:	Atelerix Pomel, 1848
Type species
Erinaceus albiventris Wagner, 1841
Species
A. albiventris A. algirus A. frontalis A. sclateri

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Atelerix is a genus of mammal in the family Erinaceidae. It contains four species, all native to Africa.^[1]

Species

1 2 Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

Extant Erinaceomorpha species by subfamily

Erinaceinae
(Hedgehogs)

Atelerix	Four-toed hedgehog (A. albiventris) North African hedgehog (A. algirus) Southern African hedgehog (A. frontalis) Somali hedgehog (A. sclateri)
Erinaceus	Amur hedgehog (E. amurensis) Southern white-breasted hedgehog (E. concolor) West European hedgehog (E. europaeus) Northern white-breasted hedgehog (E. roumanicus)
Hemiechinus	Long-eared hedgehog (H. auritus) Indian long-eared hedgehog (H. collaris)
Mesechinus	Daurian hedgehog (M. dauuricus) Hugh's hedgehog (M. hughi)
Paraechinus	Desert hedgehog (P. aethiopicus) Brandt's hedgehog (P. hypomelas) Indian hedgehog (P. micropus) Bare-bellied hedgehog (P. nudiventris)

Echinosorex	Moonrat (E. gymnura)
Hylomys	Long-eared gymnure (H. megalotis) Dwarf gymnure (H. parvus) Short-tailed gymnure (H. suillus)
Neohylomys	Hainan gymnure (N. hainanensis)
Neotetracus	Shrew gymnure (N. sinensis)
Podogymnura	Dinagat gymnure (P. aureospinula) Mindanao gymnure (P. truei)

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