Hemiechinus

Genus of mammals

Hemiechinus[1]
H. auritus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Erinaceidae
Subfamily: Erinaceinae
Genus: Hemiechinus
Fitzinger, 1866
Type species
Erinaceus platyotis
Sundevall, 1842
Species

H. auritus
H. collaris

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Hemiechinus is a genus of hedgehogs. It contains two species, found in Central and South Asia.[1]

Species

  • Long-eared hedgehog (Hemiechinus auritus)
  • Indian long-eared hedgehog (Hemiechinus collaris)

References

  1. ^ a b Hutterer, R. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 215. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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Extant Erinaceidae species by subfamily
Erinaceinae
(Hedgehogs)
Atelerix
  • Four-toed hedgehog (A. albiventris)
  • North African hedgehog (A. algirus)
  • Southern African hedgehog (A. frontalis)
  • Somali hedgehog (A. sclateri)
Erinaceus
  • Amur hedgehog (E. amurensis)
  • Southern white-breasted hedgehog (E. concolor)
  • West European hedgehog (E. europaeus)
  • Northern white-breasted hedgehog (E. roumanicus)
Hemiechinus
  • Long-eared hedgehog (H. auritus)
  • Indian long-eared hedgehog (H. collaris)
Mesechinus
  • Daurian hedgehog (M. dauuricus)
  • Hugh's hedgehog (M. hughi)
  • Gaoligong forest hedgehog (M. wangi)
  • Small-toothed forest hedgehog (M. miodon)
  • Eastern forest hedgehog (M. orientalis)
Paraechinus
  • Desert hedgehog (P. aethiopicus)
  • Brandt's hedgehog (P. hypomelas)
  • Indian hedgehog (P. micropus)
  • Bare-bellied hedgehog (P. nudiventris)
Galericinae
(Gymnures)
Echinosorex
  • Moonrat (E. gymnura)
Hylomys
  • Dwarf gymnure (H. parvus)
  • Javan short-tailed gymnure (H. suillus)
  • Bornean short-tailed gymnure (H. dorsalis)
  • Max's short-tailed gymnure (H. maxi)
  • Dalat gymnure (H. macarong)
  • Northern short-tailed gymnure (H. peguensis)
  • Leuser gymnure (H. vorax)
Neohylomys
  • Hainan gymnure (N. hainanensis)
Neotetracus
  • Shrew gymnure (N. sinensis)
Otohylomys
  • Long-eared gymnure (O. megalotis)
Podogymnura
  • Dinagat gymnure (P. aureospinula)
  • Eastern Mindanao gymnure (P. intermedia)
  • Mindanao gymnure (P. truei)
Taxon identifiers
Hemiechinus


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