Eastern forest hedgehog

Eastern forest hedgehog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Erinaceidae
Genus: Mesechinus
Species:
M. orientalis
Binomial name
Mesechinus orientalis
Shi Zifan, Yao Hongfeng, He Kai, Bai Weipeng, Zhou Jiajun, Fan Jingyi, Su Weiting, Nie Wenhui, Yang Shuzhen, Onditi, Jiang Xuelong, & Chen Zhongzheng, 2023

The eastern forest hedgehog (Mesechinus orientalis) is a newly described species of hedgehog endemic to eastern China.[1][2]

  1. ^ Zifan, Shi; Hongfeng, Yao; Kai, He; Weipeng, Bai; Jiajun, Zhou; Jingyi, Fan; Weiting, Su; Wenhui, Nie; Shuzhen, Yang; Onditi, Kenneth O.; Xuelong, Jiang; Zhongzheng, Chen (2023). "A new species of forest hedgehog (Mesechinus, Erinaceidae, Eulipotyphla, Mammalia) from eastern China". ZooKeys (1185): 143–161. Bibcode:2023ZooK.1185..143S. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1185.111615. PMC 10698749. PMID 38074901.
  2. ^ "Mesechinus orientalis (id=1006794)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists.