| Somali Hedgehog |
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Animalia
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Chordata
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Mammalia
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Erinaceomorpha
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Erinaceidae
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Atelerix
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A. The conservation status of a Species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant either in the present day or the near future Least Concern ( LC) is an IUCN category assigned to extant species or lower taxa which have been evaluated but do not qualify for any other category Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Mammals ( class Mammalia) are a class of Vertebrate Animals characterized by the presence of Sweat glands, including sweat glands Erinaceidae is the only living family in the order of the Erinaceomorpha. Erinaceidae is the only living family in the order of the Erinaceomorpha. UserPolbot. --> Atelerix is a genus of Mammal in the Erinaceidae family sclateri
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Atelerix sclateri
Anderson, 1895 |
The Somali Hedgehog (Atelerix sclateri) is a species of mammal in the Erinaceidae family. John Anderson FRS ( 4 October 1833 &ndash 22 July 1900) was a Scottish zoologist. Mammals ( class Mammalia) are a class of Vertebrate Animals characterized by the presence of Sweat glands, including sweat glands Erinaceidae is the only living family in the order of the Erinaceomorpha. It is endemic to Somalia. Endemism is the Ecological state of being unique to a place Endemic species are not naturally found elsewhere Somalia ( Soomaaliya; الصومال) officially the Somali Republic ( Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya, جمهورية الصومال) and formerly known
Source
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Atelerix sclateri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007. Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
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