Shi Zifan, Yao Hongfeng, He Kai, Bai Weipeng, Zhou Jiajun, Fan Jingyi, Su Weiting, Nie Wenhui, Yang Shuzhen, Onditi, Jiang Xuelong, & Chen Zhongzheng, 2023
The eastern forest hedgehog (Mesechinus orientalis) is a newly described species of hedgehog endemic to eastern China.[1][2]
^Zifan, Shi; Hongfeng, Yao; Kai, He; Weipeng, Bai; Jiajun, Zhou; Jingyi, Fan; Weiting, Su; Wenhui, Nie; Shuzhen, Yang; Onditi, Kenneth O.; Xuelong, Jiang; Zhongzheng, Chen (2023). "A new species of forest hedgehog (Mesechinus, Erinaceidae, Eulipotyphla, Mammalia) from eastern China". ZooKeys (1185): 143–161. Bibcode:2023ZooK.1185..143S. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1185.111615. PMC 10698749. PMID 38074901.
^"Mesechinus orientalis (id=1006794)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists.
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