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Steppe Hedgehogs
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Steppe Hedgehogs

Mesechinus

Mesechinus is a genus of hedgehogs. It contains two species from East Asia:

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species

Eastern Forest Hedgehog

speciesMesechinus orientalis

Daurian Hedgehog

speciesMesechinus dauuricus

Hugh's Hedgehog

speciesMesechinus hughi

Gaoligong Forest Hedgehog

speciesMesechinus wangi

Small-toothed Forest Hedgehog

speciesMesechinus miodon

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 43031.