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Atelerix algirus

Chordata › Mammalia › Erinaceomorpha › Erinaceidae
Listed in the source as Erinaceus algirus

22, 24haploid counts

Diploid number in the source: 44, 48

Conflicting counts This record lists more than one count.

The chart below uses the first one, 22. The sources are listed together under Sources.

Closest relatives

No other species in Atelerix. Species in the same family, Erinaceidae:

Sources

  1. Martin, P.G. and D.L. Hayman (1967). Quantitative comparisons between the karyotypes of Australian marsupials from three different superfamilies. Chromosoma 20: 290-310.

The sources are listed together. The data does not say which source reports which count.

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