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Bare-bellied Hedgehog

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Bare-bellied Hedgehog
Conservation status

Vulnerable (VU)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Insectivora
Family: Erinaceidae
Genus: Hemiechinus
Species: H. nudiventris
Binomial name
Hemiechinus nudiventris
(Horsfield, 1851)

The Bare-bellied hedgehog (also known as Madras hedgehog) is a rare species of hedgehog either in Desert hedgehog genus or a subspecies of Indian Hedgehog. Although for some time it was considered extinct, it has been recently rediscovered and is currently observed in India at Kalakad–Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, although further research is needed.

[edit] References

  • CBSG CAMP Workshop, India (August 1997) (2000). Hemiechinus nudiventris. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Listed as Vulnerable (VU D2 v2.3)

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