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= Hemiechinus albulus alaschanicus Satunin, 1907

Hemiechinus auritus Gmelin, 1770

Collection number:

2021

Taxonomic department number:

2021

Osteology department number:

3165

Original label:

Алашань, Китай

Collection place:

China, Inner Mongolia

Collected:

Przewalsky N.M., 1880

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Field number:

 

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GenBank catalogue number:

 

Toponym:

 

Locality:

Alashan Desert

Habitat, biotope:

sand desert

Altitude, m:

Sex:

female

Age:

juvenis

Pelt:

not applicable

Cranium presence:

present

Skeleton presence:

absent

Fixation:

dry

DNA samples:

absent

Specimen presence:

in collection

Specimen condition:

defective

Geological epoch:

Holocene

Remarks:

Syn.: Hemiechinus auritus (Gmelin, 1770); Material has been collected during Third Expedition (the First Tibetan Expedition) of N.M. Przewalsky (February 1879 – October 1880). Current species identification by Voyta L.L., 2015. Gureev A.A. in 1981 identified as belonging to Erinaceus (Hemiechinus) auritus turanicus (Satunin, 1905).

Related publications:

Satunin K. 1907. Über neue und wenig bekannte Igel des Zoologischen Museums der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu St. Petersburg // Ежегодник Зоологического Музея Императорской Академии Наук. Т. 11. С. 167–191.

Specimen images

General view:
Skull, lateral view

Original label
 

Original label
 

Original label
 

Specimen details:
Skull, dorsal view

Specimen details:
Skull, ventral view

Specimen details:
Mandibles

Taxonomical identifications of specimen

Hemiechinus albulus alaschanicus Satunin, 1907 — Satunin K.A., 1907 (Accepted)