Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2
Page(s):
2142
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Paraechinus
Paraechinus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Paraechinus: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Reviewed by Corbet (1988). Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1987:12-13) included Paraechinus in Hemiechinus as a valid subgenus, as did Frost et al. (1991:27), while Corbet (1988) argued for a generic separation of Paraechinus. Morshed and Patton (2002) provided DNA sequence data for animals from Iran and the Arabian Peninsula, representing Paraechinus aethiopicus and P. hypomelas. Their results show that Hemiechinus and Paraechinus are not sister taxa and are therefore best kept as distinct genera,...