Mesechinus

Mesechinus[1]
Mesechinus orientalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Erinaceidae
Subfamily: Erinaceinae
Genus: Mesechinus
Ognev, 1951
Type species
Erinaceus dauuricus
Sundevall, 1842
Species

M. dauuricus
M. hughi
M. wangii
M. miodon
M. orientalis

Mesechinus is a genus of hedgehogs. It contains five species from East Asia:[2]

  1. ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ "Mesechinus". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists.