Erinaceus albiventris Wagner, 1841 . Schreber's Saugethiere, Suppl. 2: 22.

TYPE LOCALITY: Unknown, Senegambia?

DISTRIBUTION: Senegal to S. Somalia and the Zambezi River.

COMMENT: Includes pruneri, spiculus, Atelerix faradjius, A. langi, and A. spinifex; see Corbet, 1974, Part 1.4:2, and Ansell, 1974, Puku, suppl., 1: 1-48. Gureev, 1979:167, listed this as a subspecies of frontalis, without comment. See Allen, 1939:20 for discussion of type locality.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301403005007001001 as Atelerix albiventris .