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Genus ERINACEUS Linnaeus 



ERINACEUS AMURENSIS Schrcnck 



Erinaccus amureufiis Schrenck, Reis. Amur-Lande, vol. 1, 1858, p. 10 (Amur, 

 Siberia). 



Spechnen. — One, from 60 miles southwest of Kirin, Manchuria. 



The hedgehogs of this region remain properly to be worked out. 

 E. orientalis and iLSwriensis are of the ewopeaU'S type of marking, 

 while chinensis resembles, and is probably the same as, dealbatus. 

 E. koreomus, which is doubtfully valid, is said to have the shoulders 

 white. Differences in the claws, as given by Lonnberg (1922), are 

 probably not trustworthy. Finally Jcorecmus is said to have the dor- 

 sum much darker than typical ainurensis^ and undoubtedly darker 

 than the present specimen. On the whole, the coloration of this 

 Kirin skin is much like specimens of hanensis from Hunan, but the 

 skull is smaller, with the bullae weaker and lower. 



ERINACEUS DEALBATUS Swinhoe 



Erinaceus dealbatus Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1870, p. 450 (Peking, 

 Chihli, China). 



Specimens. — Two, from Tientsin, Chihli. 



One of these specimens is an immature with all spines virtually 

 white, so that one suspects it maj' be a partial albino. 



ERINACEUS HANENSIS Matschie 



Erinaceus hanesls Matschie, Wissens. Erg. Exped. Filchner China und Tihet. 

 vol. 1, pt. 1, 1908, p. 138 (Hankow, Hupeh, China). 



Specimens. — Five skins and six skulls: two from Shanghai, 

 Kiangsu; one from Ningpo, Chekiang; and two, with additional 

 skull, from Yochow, Hunan. 



The Hunan specimens are presumed to be typical of hanen.ils, 

 which seems to be a valid race. The wholly white spines are rather 

 numerous and the darker ones are quite brown, but paler than in 

 examples from nearer the coast, which are without measurements. 



Genus HEMIECHINUS Fitzinger 



HEMIECHINUS ALBULUS ALASCHANICUS Satunin 



Hemiechinus albulns alaschanious Satunin, Ann. Mus. Zool. St. Peter.sb., vol. 

 11, 1906, p. 181 (Alashan, Mongolian-Kansu border, China). 



Specimens. — Four, from northwest of Ninghsia, Kansu. 



These examples are from near the type locality. As the describer 

 states, they are paler than typicus, the silky hairs of the underparts 

 being virtually pure white. The skull is also smaller and narrower 

 and the premaxillary tips extend farther caudad. This race is larger 



