Erinaceus europaeus Linnaeus, 1758 . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:52.

TYPE LOCALITY: Sweden, S. Gothland Isl., Wamlingbo .

DISTRIBUTION: Europe and W. Siberia; Shensi (China) east to W. and S. Korea, Manchuria, and adjacent Siberia.

COMMENT: Includes amurensis; see Corbet, 1978:14; Gromov and Baranova, 1981:9. Also see Corbet and Hill, 1980:24, who treat it as a species; GBC now believes amurensis is best treated as a separate species until relationships with europaeus and concolor are resolved.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301403005008002001.