Type specimens of “ insectivoran ” mammals at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
Turni, Hendrik
Hutterer, Rainer
Asher, Robert
Zootaxa
2007
1470
1
33
Matschie, 1907
Matschie
1907
[151,620,1006,1032]
Mammalia
Erinaceidae
Erinaceus
Animalia
Erinaceomorpha
7
8
Chordata
species
kreyenbergi
Valid name: Erinaceus amurensisSchrenk, 1859 Comments: The holotypecould not be found in the collection. Matschie may have sent it back to the Magdeburg Museum after description as indicated in the following quote (Matschie, 1907: 137): “Hilzheimer [1906:184] erwãhnt einen durch Herrn Dr. Kreyenberg gesammelten Igel: “1 Fell dem der Kopf abgeschnitten ist. Wahrscheinlich E. dealbatusSwinh. In Schanghaiauf dem Markt gekauft. 1904“. Herr Professor Dr. Martens hat mir aus dem Magdeburger Museum auch diesen Igel zur Verfügung gestellt. Das Fell ist vollstãndig, ihm fehlt keineswegs der Kopf. Es ist aber das von Herrn Dr. Hilzheimer erwãhnte Stück: denn auf dem Begleitzettel steht: “Dem Igel fehlt der Kopf, wahrscheinlich Erinaceus dealbatusSwinhoe.” Translation: "Hilzheimer (1906: 184) mentions a hedgehog collected by Kreyenberg (Matschie, 1907: 137): '1 skin from which the head is removed. Probably E. dealbatusSwinh. Purchasedat a market in Shanghai. 1904.' Martens made this specimen available to me via the Museum in Magdeburg. The skin is complete, including the head. It is nevertheless the specimen mentioned by Hilzheimer, as the specimen tag indicates 'the hedgehog is lacking the head, probably Erinaceus dealbatusSwinhoe.' " The holotypealso could not be found in the collection of the Magdeburg Museum of Natural History [pers. comm. by Dr. Hans Pellmann]. Since all documentation (old entry books and catalogues) in the Magdeburg Museum has been destroyed during the Second world war, the whereabouts of the holotypespecimen are unclear. According to the online-list of mammal typespecimens www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/ mammal-types, and P. Jenkins (pers. comm.), the BMNH holds spines of the holotype(1908.12.14.3), which probably were exchanged from Magdeburg.