Gaoligong Forest Hedgehog
Mesechinus wangi
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Eulipotyphla
- Family
- Erinaceidae
The Gaoligong forest hedgehog (Mesechinus wangi) or Wang's forest hedgehog is a species of hedgehog in the family Erinaceidae found only in China. It is endemic to the slopes of Mt. Gaoligong in the Yunnan Province, where it lives in subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest at elevations between 2,200 and 2,680 m (7,220 and 8,790 ft).
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Mesechinus es un género de erizos originarios de las estepas centroasiáticas de Rusia, Mongolia y China (y aquí también en los montanos subtropicales de Yunnan). Especies Se reconocen las siguientes: Mesechinus dauuricus (Sundevall, 1842) - Erizo del Gobi. Mesechinus hughi (Thomas, 1908) - Erizo de Hugh Mesechinus miodon He, Jiang & Ai, 2018 - Erizo del bosque de Gaoligong.
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