Order Insectivora Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 58 106 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353001 0-89327-235-3 7353001 Erinaceus algirus Lereboullet, 1842 . Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Strasbourg., 3(2), art. QQ:4 . TYPE LOCALITY: Algeria , Oran . DISTRIBUTION: Mauritania ; Rio de Oro ; S. W. Morocco to Libya ; Canary Isis.; Balearic Isis.; Malta ; coastal France and Spain (probably introduced). COMMENT: Gureev, 1979:167 , listed this species as a subspecies of frontalis , without comment. ISIS NUMBER: 5301403005008001001.