Mesechinus
Genus of mammals
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Mesechinus orientalis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | Erinaceidae |
Subfamily: | Erinaceinae |
Genus: | Mesechinus Ognev, 1951 |
Type species | |
Erinaceus dauuricus Sundevall, 1842 | |
Species | |
M. dauuricus |
Mesechinus is a genus of hedgehogs. It contains five species from East Asia:[2]
- Daurian hedgehog (Mesechinus dauuricus)
- Hugh's hedgehog (Mesechinus hughi)
- Gaoligong forest hedgehog (Mesechinus wangi)
- Small-toothed forest hedgehog (Mesechinus miodon)
- Eastern forest hedgehog (Mesechinus orientalis)
References
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- ^ 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.
- ^ "Mesechinus". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists.
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Extant Erinaceidae species by subfamily
- Kingdom Animalia
- Phylum Chordata
- Class Mammalia
- Infraclass Eutheria
- Superorder Laurasiatheria
- Order Eulipotyphla
(Hedgehogs)
Atelerix |
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Erinaceus |
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Hemiechinus |
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Mesechinus |
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Paraechinus |
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(Gymnures)
Echinosorex |
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Hylomys |
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Neohylomys |
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Neotetracus |
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Otohylomys |
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Podogymnura |
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