Atelerix algirus

(Lereboullet in Duvernoy & Lereboullet, 1842)

North African Hedgehog

Formerly Erinaceomorpha. Also as Algerian Hedgehog.
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Location:USA, NJ, Camden co., Camden, Adventure AquariumDate taken:Jul 26, 2013

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 4645

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Eulipotyphla
Suborder : Erinaceota
Superfamily : Erinaceoidea
Family : Erinaceidae
Subfamily : Erinaceinae
Tribe : Erinaceini
Genus : Atelerix

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Duvernoy, G.L. and Lereboullet, A. 1842. Notes et renseignements sur les animaux vertébrés de l'Algérie qui font partie du Musée de Strasbourg. Mémoires de la Société du muséum d'histoire naturelle de Strasbourg 3(QQ):1-73.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33960028

Original name as described

Erinaceus algirus

Other common names

Algerian Hedgehog

Type material

MZS (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"provient d'Oran." Interpreted by D. R. Frost and colleagues in 1991 as "Algeria, currently the province Wilaya d'Oran."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Morocco · Algeria · Tunisia · Libya · Spain · Malta

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003805

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.

Total: 19 names and synonyms.

Erinaceus algirus

(Lereboullet in Duvernoy & Lereboullet, 1842)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

algirus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MZS (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

4

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33960028

Authority publication

Mémoires de la Société du muséum d'histoire naturelle de Strasbourg

Name usages

  1. Duvernoy & Lereboullet (1842:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33960028) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67813)
  2. Loche (1858:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41949433) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60564)
  3. Murray (1866:344, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  4. Loche (1867:91) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68800)
  5. Trouessart (1880:242, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58782)
  6. Anderson (1895:419, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30983406) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67789)
  7. Trouessart (1904:127, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422956) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  8. Klaptocz (1909:242, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10227030) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68565)
  9. Miller (1912:130, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8421449) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5948)
  10. Thomas (1915:152, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22131249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16407)
  11. Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:23, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722301) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
  12. Corbet & Hill (1980:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  13. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:65) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Hemiechinus algirus

(Fitzinger, 1867)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

algirus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

869

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6477609

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1867:869, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6477609) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/47988)

Erinaceus Krugi

(W. C. H. Peters, 1877)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

krugi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 5157

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

78

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8796798

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1880:241, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150438) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58782)
  2. Trouessart (1904:129, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422958) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)

Erinaceus fallax

(Dobson, 1882)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

fallax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1846.10.30.158, BMNH:Mamm:1846.10.30.159

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/11484252-babc-4985-a795-0e6852e795a9 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6489c586-a4e6-4678-b08a-c9700e4c4665

Authority page

9

Authority publication

London

Name usages

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

Erinaceus algirus vagans

(O. Thomas, 1901)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

vagans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1900.7.1.36

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/98ba8a06-5244-4615-b39b-5cf24a953a11

Authority page

38

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31590960

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1904:128, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422957) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  2. Miller (1912:133, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8421452) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5948)
  3. Thomas (1915:152, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22131249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16407)
  4. Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:23, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722301) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)

Erinaceus algirus algirus

(G. S. Miller, 1912)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

algirus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

131

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8421450

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Miller (1912:131, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8421450) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5948)
  2. Thomas (1915:152, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22131249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16407)
  3. Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:23, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722301) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)

Erinaceus algirus caniculus

(O. Thomas, 1915)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

caniculus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1913.7.26.11

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/de3f8cff-8b01-45c3-9c65-01fcfb38e073

Authority page

152

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22131249

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1915:152, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22131249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16407)
  2. Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:23, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722301) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)

Æthechinus algirus

(O. Thomas, 1918)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

algirus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

194

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18641629

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1918:194, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18641629) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16359)
  2. Allen (1939:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782037) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Aethechinus algirus lavaudeni

(Cabrera, 1928)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

lavaudeni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

454

Authority publication

Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural

Name usages

  1. Allen (1939:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782037) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)

Æthechinus algirus algirus

(G. M. Allen, 1939)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

algirus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

19

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782037

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782037) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

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