Order Erinaceomorpha Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 212 219 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Erinaceus Linnaeus 1758 Erinaceus Linnaeus 1758 , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 52 . Type Species: Erinaceus europaeus Linnaeus 1758 Synonyms: Herinaceus Mina-Palumbo 1868 . Species and subspecies: 4 species with 8 subspecies: Species Erinaceus amurensis Schrenk 1859 Species Erinaceus concolor Martin 1837 Subspecies Erinaceus concolor subsp. concolor Martin 1837 Subspecies Erinaceus concolor subsp. rhodius Festa 1914 Subspecies Erinaceus concolor subsp. transcaucasicus Satunin 1905 Species Erinaceus europaeus Linnaeus 1758 Species Erinaceus roumanicus Barrett-Hamilton 1900 Subspecies Erinaceus roumanicus subsp. roumanicus Barrett-Hamilton 1900 Subspecies Erinaceus roumanicus subsp. bolkayi V. Martino 1930 Subspecies Erinaceus roumanicus subsp. drozdovskii V. and E. Martino 1933 Subspecies Erinaceus roumanicus subsp. nesiotes Bate 1906 Subspecies Erinaceus roumanicus subsp. pallidus Stroganov 1957 Discussion: Formerly included Atelerix and Aethechinus ; see Corbet (1988) and comments under Atelerix . Does not include Mesechinus , see comments therein. The genetic relationships among European populations were studied by Filippucci and Simson (1996) , Santucci et al. (1998) , and Seddon et al. (2002) .