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Atelerix is a genus of hedgehog in the family Erinaceidae. It contains four species, all native to Africa.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassMammalia
  4. OrderErinaceomorpha
  5. FamilyErinaceidae
Observations recorded5,726

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
18
Family
Erinaceidae
Collections
PSM, CRCM, UCM, NHMUK, CSULB, COA
Recorded in
Tanzania, United States, Kenya, Sudan, Senegal, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Mauritanie

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
hedgehog
Image
Atelerix albiventris.jpg
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Commons category
Atelerix
taxon name
Atelerix
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Atelerix
temporal range start
Miocene
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Encyclopedic overview

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Atelerix is a genus of hedgehog in the family Erinaceidae. It contains four species, all native to Africa.

==Species==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Atelerix” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.