Atelerix
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| Atelerix[1] | |
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| File:Atelerix albiventris young.jpg | |
| A. albiventris | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Erinaceidae |
| Subfamily: | Erinaceinae |
| Genus: | Atelerix Pomel, 1848 |
| Type species | |
| Erinaceus albiventris Wagner, 1841
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| Species | |
Atelerix is a genus of hedgehog in the family Erinaceidae. It contains four species, all native to Africa.[1]
Species
[edit | edit source]| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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| Four-toed hedgehog | Atelerix albiventris (Wagner, 1841) |
Gambia and Senegal in the west, to Somalia in the east, and also in eastern Africa, as far south as Mozambique Map of range |
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| North African hedgehog | Atelerix algirus Lereboullet, 1842 |
Algeria, Libya, Malta, Morocco, Spain, and Tunisia Map of range |
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| Southern African hedgehog
File:South African hedgehog lying close up - DPLA - 99f194ab3746fbc43835fd7d3a0616a6.jpg |
Atelerix frontalis (A. Smith, 1831) |
Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. Map of range |
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| Somali hedgehog | Atelerix sclateri Anderson, 1895 |
Somalia. Map of range |
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The Atelerix diversified from its family because of geographical isolation during Pleistocene climate changes. This being a type of vicariance separation from the Niger River. This allowed the Erinaceidane family to be more diverse.
References
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