Indian long-eared hedgehog

Indian long-eared hedgehog
Indian long-eared hedgehog illustration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Erinaceidae
Genus: Hemiechinus
Species:
H. collaris
Binomial name
Hemiechinus collaris
(Gray, 1830)
Indian long-eared hedgehog range

The Indian long-eared hedgehog (Hemiechinus collaris) is a small species of mammal native to northern India and Pakistan. It is insectivorous and nocturnal.[2][3]

  1. ^ Molur, S. (2008). Hemiechinus collaris. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2.
  2. ^ Hutterer, R. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 215. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  3. ^ Goyal, R. P. & Mathur, R. S. (1974). "Anatomic, Histologic and Certain Enzymatic Studies on the Male Genital Organs of Hemiechinus auritus collaris Gray, the Indian Long Eared Hedgehog". Acta Zoologica. 55: 47–58. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6395.1974.tb00178.x.