Order Insectivora Author Rainer Hutterer text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 69 130 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353085 1-56098-217-9 7353085 Mesechinus Ognev, 1951 . Byull. Moskow . Ova. Ispyt. Prir. Otd. Biol., 56:8 . TYPE SPECIES: Erinaceus dauuricus Sundevall, 1842 . COMMENTS: Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1987: 11) proposed to place Mesechinus as subgenus in Erinaceus while Corbet (1988: 163) included it in Hemiechinus . Most recently, Frost et al. (1991:30) concluded that Mesechinus deserves full generic status.