Atelerix sclateri

(J. Anderson, 1895)

Somali Hedgehog

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

Anderson, J. 1895-10. On a new species of the genus Erinaceus from Somaliland. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1895(3):414-421.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30983402

Original name as described

Erinaceus sclateri

Other common names

Somalian Hedgehog

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1900.9.21.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/efc15e51-25a0-4e78-8b02-f4b86892507f

Type locality

"Taf, in Central Somaliland [= Somalia]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Somalia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003807

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 4 names and synonyms.

Erinaceus sclateri

J. Anderson, 1895

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

sclateri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1900.9.21.1

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

This species is only known from Somaliland.

Type locality

Somalia.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/efc15e51-25a0-4e78-8b02-f4b86892507f

Authority page

415

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30983402

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Anderson (1895:415, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30983402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67789)
Trouessart (1904:129, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422958) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Thomas (1910:194, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094615) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10051)
Corbet & Hill (1980:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:66) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Æthechinus sclateri:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

sclateri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

20

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782038

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:20, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782038) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Erinaceus (Atelerix) frontalis sclateri:

Scaramella, Russo, & D'Errico, 1975

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

sclateri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

281

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56633907

Authority publication

Bollettino della Società dei naturalisti in Napoli

Name usages

Scaramella, Russo & D'Errico (1975:281, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56633907) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40699)

Atelerix sclateri:

Corbet, 1988

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

sclateri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

152

Authority publication

Mammal Review

Name usages

Corbet (1988:152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3628)
Corbet & Hill (1991:28) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Frost, Wozencraft & Hoffmann (1991:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3617)
Hutterer (1993:77) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)
Happold & Happold (2013:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #2275) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:322) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #2275) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003807) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2275/115061435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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