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Larson
Angalae.
Hedge hog (Aethchinus frontalis
EX spec. KM-526/87, 25 Sept. 1921,
Okorosare, Cent. Kookoveld, S.W. Afr.
1360m (Approx), Shortridge,
200-24-30-25
Description - smaller than A.f.f., not
so much white on head, body quills,
showing more black toward tip, tips only a
speck of white giving an overall darker
appearance, dark brown to black below
feet same only with darker brown hair,
1st toe and claw larger, back feet about same
as A.f.front. Tail more noticeable, slight-
ly longer.
Ae Erinaceus frontalus (hedge hog)
EX - KM-514/87, 9 May 1921, Burghevsdor?,
C.P. Knowles, 160-16-29-24
Description - face black, chin white,
forehead, ears white extending around under
ears, quills on back short 1/2", white, shde
black, and white tipped, overall appearance
brown, below a coarse wiry black hair with
occasional white hairs, feet small, pads
dark,
quills
white
Black