Hemiechinus auritus (Gmelin, 1770) . Nova Comm. Acad. Sci. Petrop., 14:519.

TYPE LOCALITY: U.S. S. R., Astrakhansk. Obi., near Astrakhan .

DISTRIBUTION: Coast of Libya and Egypt; Cyprus; Transcaucasia and Israel to N.W. India and Gobi Desert; N. China (SW).

COMMENT: Includes megalotis; see Corbet, 1978:15. Includes aegyptius, libycus, and metwallyi, possibly as subspecies; see Corbet, 1974, Part 1.4:1.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301403005009001001 as H. auritus .

5301403005009002001 as H. megalotis .