Mesechinus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eulipotyphla

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Eulipotyphla

Familia: Erinaceidae
Subfamilia: Erinaceinae
Genus: Mesechinus
Species (5): M. dauuricus – M. hughi – M. miodon – M. orientalis – M. wangi

Name

Mesechinus Ognev, 1951: 8

• Type species: Erinaceus dauuricus Sundevall, 1842, by original designation.

References

Additional references

• Frost, D.R., Wozencraft, W.C. & Hoffmann, R.S. 1991. Phylogenetic Relationships of Hedgehogs and Gymnures (Mammalia, Insectivora, Erinaceidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 518: 1–69. DOI: 10.5479/si.00810282.518 Reference page. 
• Hutterer, R. 2005. Order Erinaceomorpha. Pp. 212–219 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page. 
• Ai, H.-S., He, K., Chen, Z.-Z., Li, J.-Q., Wan, T., Li, Q., Nie, W.-H., Wang, J.-H., Su, W.-T. & Jiang, X.-L. 2018. Taxonomic revision of the genus Mesechinus (Mammalia: Erinaceidae) with description of a new species. Zoological Research 39(5): 335–347. DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2018.034 Reference page. 
• Shi, Z., Yao, H., He, K., Bai, W., Zhou, J., Fan, J., Su, W., Nie, W., Yang, S., Onditi, K.O., Jiang, X. & Chen, Z. 2023. new species of forest hedgehog (Mesechinus, Erinaceidae, Eulipotyphla, Mammalia) from eastern China. ZooKeys 1185: 143–161. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1185.111615 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Steppe Hedgehogs

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