Atelerix

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Atelerix
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Erinaceomorpha Family: Erinaceidae Genus: Atelerix

Atelerix is a genus of mammal in the Erinaceidae family. It contains the following species:

• Algerian Hedgehog (Atelerix algirus)
• Southern African Hedgehog (Atelerix frontalis)
• Somali Hedgehog (Atelerix sclateri)
• Four-toed Hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris)

v • d • e Extant Erinaceomorpha species by subfamily Kingdom Animalia · Phylum Chordata · Class Mammalia · Infraclass Eutheria · Superorder Laurasiatheria Erinaceinae (Hedgehogs) Atelerix Four-toed Hedgehog (A. albiventris) · Algerian Hedgehog (A. algirus) · Southern African Hedgehog (A. frontalis) · Somali Hedgehog (A. sclateri) Erinaceus Amur Hedgehog (E. amurensis) · Southern White-breasted Hedgehog (E. concolor) · West European Hedgehog (E. europaeus) · Northern White-breasted Hedgehog (E. roumanicus) Hemiechinus Long-eared Hedgehog (H. auritus) · Indian Long-eared Hedgehog (H. collaris) Mesechinus Daurian Hedgehog (M. dauuricus) · Hugh's Hedgehog (M. hughi) Paraechinus Desert Hedgehog (P. aethiopicus) · Brandt's Hedgehog (P. hypomelas) · Indian Hedgehog (P. micropus) · Bare-bellied Hedgehog (P. nudiventris) Galericinae (Gymnures) Echinosorex Greater Moonrat (E. gymnura) Hylomys Long-eared Gymnure (H. megalotis) · Dwarf Gymnure (H. parvus) · Short-tailed Gymnure (H. suillus) Neohylomys Hainan Gymnure (N. hainanensis) Neotetracus Shrew Gymnure (N. sinensis) Podogymnura Dinagat Gymnure (P. aureospinula) · Mindanao Gymnure (P. truei) Category