Mesechinus hughi (Thomas, 1908)

Rainer Hutterer, 1993, Order Insectivora, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 69-130 : 79

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scientific name	Mesechinus hughi (Thomas, 1908)
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Mesechinus hughi (Thomas, 1908) . Abstr. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1908(63):44.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Paochi, Shen-si" = Baoji, Shaanxi Prov., China .

DISTRIBUTION: Known from around two localities in Shaanxi and Shanxi Prov., C China.

SYNONYMS: miodon, sylvaticus .

COMMENTS: Formerly included in Erinaceus europaeus by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951:21), and in Hemiechinus dauuricus (here called Mesechinus dauuricus ) by Corbet (1978c:15). Includes H. sylvaticus described by Ma (1964:35). The form miodon, known from an isolated population in the Ordos desert, Shaanxi, has been alternatively assigned to M. dauuricus or to M. hughi , see discussion in Frost et al. (1991) for tenative placement here.

References

Corbet, G. B. 1978 c. The mammals of the Palaearctic region: A taxonomic review. British Museum (Natural History), London, 314 pp.

Ellerman, J. R., and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott. 1951. Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 810 pp.

Frost, D. R., W. C. Wozencraft, and R. S. Hoffmann. 1991. Phylogenetic relationships of hedgehogs and gymnures (Mammalia: Insectivora: Erinaceidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 518: 1 - 69.

Ma Yong. 1964. [A new species of hedgehog from Shansi Province, Hemiechinus sylvaticus sp. n.] Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 5: 212 - 214 (in Chinese).