Life Mammalia Insectivora Erinaceidae

• Erinaceus europaeus Linnaeus, 1758 Mediterranean, EU, W.Asia - Palestine, Iraq, E.Iran, S.Scandinavia, British Isles, Amur - Yangtze Kiang. See [maps] Northern Hedgehog Western European hedgehog Siili

  • Erinaceus europaeus Linnaeus, 1758; ; TL: Gothland Island, Sweden

  • Erinaceus europaeus; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Erinaceus roumanicus × Erinaceus europaeus; [iNaturalist]

  800x600 (~139Kb) Russia, Moscow area, Aug 2004, Photo © D. Smirnov

  859x600 (~156Kb) Russia, Moscow area, Aug 2004, Photo © D. Smirnov

  • E. e. europaeus Linnaeus, 1758

    • echinus
    • typicus
    • caniceps
    • caninus
    • erinaceus; (Germany)
    • hispanicus; (Spain)
    • italicus
    • meridionalis; (Italy)
    • occidentalis; (Britain)
    • suillus

    • Erinaceus europaeus europaeus; [iNaturalist]
    • Erinaceus europaeus occidentalis; [iNaturalist]
  • E. e. concolor Martin, 1838

    • europaeus concolor Martin, 1838; ; TL: N.E. Asia Minor
    • abasgicus; (W. Caucasus)
    • ponticus; (Georgia)
    • sacer; (Palestine)
    • transcaucasicus; (Transcaucasia)

    • Erinaceus concolor concolor; [CoL]
    • Erinaceus concolor transcaucasicus; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
    • Erinaceus concolor; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • E. e. roumanicus Barret-Hamilton, 1900

    • bolkayi
    • danubicus
    • drozdovskii; (Macedonia)
    • kievensis

    • Erinaceus roumanicus bolkayi; [CoL]
    • Erinaceus roumanicus drozdovskii; [CoL]
    • Erinaceus roumanicus roumanicus; [CoL]
    • Erinaceus roumanicus; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • E. e. centralrossicus Ognev, 1916

    • europaeus centralrossicus Ognev, 1916; ; TL: Smolensk, Russia
    • dissimilis; (E. Baltic coast)
    • pallidus; (W. Siberia)

    • Erinaceus roumanicus pallidus; [CoL]
  • E. e. consolei Barret-Hamilton, 1900

    • europaeus consolei Barret-Hamilton, 1900; ; TL: Cicily
  • E. e. nesiotes Bate, 1906

    • europaeus nesiotes Bate, 1906; ; TL: Crete

    • Erinaceus roumanicus nesiotes; [CoL]
  • E. e. rhodius Festa, 1914

    • europaeus rhodius Festa, 1914; ; TL: Rhodes

    • Erinaceus concolor rhodius; [CoL]
  • E. e. amurensis Schrenk, 1859

    • europaeus amurensis Schrenk, 1859; ; TL: E.Siberia
    • chinensis; (Khingan Mts, Manchuria)
    • koreanus
    • koreensis; (Korea)
    • manchurius; (S. Manchuria)
    • orientalis; (Vladivostok)
    • ussuriensis; (Ussuri)

    • Erinaceus amurensis; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • E. e. dealbatus Swinhoe, 1870

    • europaeus dealbatus Swinhoe, 1870; ; TL: Peking, China
    • hanensis; (Hupeh)
    • kreyenbergi; (Shanghai)
    • tschifuensis; (Shantung)
• Erinaceus algirus Lereboullet, 1842 Mediterranean, NW.Africa (SW.Morocco - Libya), Canary Islands, Spain. See [maps] Algerian Hedgehog

  • Erinaceus algirus Lereboullet, 1842; ; TL: Oran, Algeria
  • E. a. algirus Lereboullet, 1842

    • fallax; (Tunisia)
    • ?krugi; (Porto Rico, introduced?)
    • lavaudeni; (Morocco)
  • E. a. vagans Thomas, 1901

    • algirus vagans Thomas, 1901; ; TL: Minorca
  • E. a. caniculus Thomas, 1915

    • algirus caniculus Thomas, 1915; ; TL: Fuerteventura, Canary Islands

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