Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Ordo: Eulipotyphla
Familia: Erinaceidae
Subfamilia: Erinaceinae
Genus: Mesechinus
Species (5): M. dauuricus - M. hughi – M. miodon – M. orientalis – M. wangi
Name
Mesechinus Ognev, 1951: 8
Type species: Erinaceus dauuricus Sundevall, 1842, by original designation.
References
Additional references
Frost, D.R., Wozencraft, W.C. & Hoffmann, R.S. 1991. Phylogenetic Relationships of Hedgehogs and Gymnures (Mammalia, Insectivora, Erinaceidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 518: 1–69. DOI: 10.5479/si.00810282.518 Open access Reference page.
Hutterer, R. 2005. Order Erinaceomorpha. Pp. 212–219 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page.
Ai, H.-S., He, K., Chen, Z.-Z., Li, J.-Q., Wan, T., Li, Q., Nie, W.-H., Wang, J.-H., Su, W.-T. & Jiang, X.-L. 2018. Taxonomic revision of the genus Mesechinus (Mammalia: Erinaceidae) with description of a new species. Zoological Research 39(5): 335–347. DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2018.034 Open access Reference page.
Shi, Z., Yao, H., He, K., Bai, W., Zhou, J., Fan, J., Su, W., Nie, W., Yang, S., Onditi, K.O., Jiang, X. & Chen, Z. 2023. new species of forest hedgehog (Mesechinus, Erinaceidae, Eulipotyphla, Mammalia) from eastern China. ZooKeys 1185: 143–161. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1185.111615 Open access Reference page.
Vernacular names
English: Steppe Hedgehogs
Mesechinus is a genus of hedgehogs. It contains five species from East Asia:[2]
Daurian hedgehog (Mesechinus dauuricus)
Hugh's hedgehog (Mesechinus hughi)
Gaoligong forest hedgehog (Mesechinus wangi)
Small-toothed forest hedgehog (Mesechinus miodon)
Eastern forest hedgehog (Mesechinus orientalis)
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mesechinus.
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.
"Mesechinus". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists.
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