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Paraechinus aethiopicus (Ehrenberg, 1832)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Symb. Phys. Mamm. vol.2 p.sig. k, footnote

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Erinaceomorpha
family
Erinaceidae
genus
Paraechinus
species
Paraechinus aethiopicus

Name

Synonyms
Erinaceus aethiopicus Ehrenberg, 1832
Hemiechinus aethiopicus (Ehrenberg, 1832)
Homonyms
Paraechinus aethiopicus (Ehrenberg, 1832)
Common names
Abessijnse Egel in Dutch
Abessinischer Igel in German
Afrikanischer Wüstenigel in German
Athiopischer Igel in German
Athiopischer Igel in German
Desert Hedgehog in English
Desert Hedgehog in English
Desert Hedgehog in English
Desert Hedgehog in English
Desert Hedgehog in English
Desert Hedgehog in English
Erizo del desierto in language.
Erizo del desierto in Spanish
Ethiopian Hedgehog in English
Ethiopian Hedgehog in English
Hérisson du désert in French
Hérisson du désert in French
Jeż etiopski in Polish
Ouriço-do-deserto in Portuguese
Piaskojeż etiopski in Polish
Riccio del deserto comune in Italian
Sivatagi sün in Hungarian
aavikkosiili in Finnish
ježek pustinný in Czech
Ägyptischer Igel in German
Äthiopischer Igel in German
Ørkenpiggsvin in Norwegian Bokmål
Σκαντζόχοιρος της Αιθιοπίας in Greek, Modern (1453-)
Эфиопский ёж in Russian
קיפוד המדבר in Hebrew
قنفذ أثيوبي in Arabic
قنفذ الصحراء in Arabic
قنفذ حبشي in Arabic
エチオピアハリネズミ in Japanese
沙漠蝟 in Chinese
Desert Hedgehog in English
Ethiopian Hedgehog in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Best, Troy / Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds., 2018: Family Erinaceidae (Hedgehogs and Gymnures). Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 8: Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos. 288-330.
  2. El-Farhati, Haithem, Mourad Khaldi, Alexis Ribas, Mohamed Wassim Hizem, Saïd Nouira, and Violaine Ni, 2021: Evolutionary history of the two North African hedgehogs (Mammalia: Erinaceidae) Atelerix algirus and Paraechinus aethiopicus based on phylogeography and species distribution modelling. Vertebrate Zoology, vol. 71. 799-811.
  3. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
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