Hemiechinus is a genus of hedgehogs. It contains two species, found in Central and South Asia.[1]
| Hemiechinus[1] | |
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| H. auritus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Erinaceidae |
| Subfamily: | Erinaceinae |
| Genus: | Hemiechinus Fitzinger, 1866 |
| Type species | |
| Erinaceus platyotis Sundevall, 1842
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| Species | |
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Species
edit- Long-eared hedgehog (Hemiechinus auritus)
- Indian long-eared hedgehog (Hemiechinus collaris)
References
edit- ^ 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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