. Bonner zoologische Beiträge : Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Biology; Zoology. On the hedgehog of Cyprus 117. be taken slightly differently the new series supports Spitzenberger's result. Cyprus Long-eared hedgehogs have bigger skulls and broader molars than specimens from Israel, Syria, Iraq or Egypt {Hemiechinus auritus aegyptius). Cyprus measurements are comparable to specimens from Kasachstan which belong to Hemiechinus auritus auritus. Variations in dentition occur frequently in Cyprus Long-eared hedgehogs (Tab. 2). The normally two roots

. Bonner zoologische Beiträge : Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Biology; Zoology. On the hedgehog of Cyprus 117. be taken slightly differently the new series supports Spitzenberger's result. Cyprus Long-eared hedgehogs have bigger skulls and broader molars than specimens from Israel, Syria, Iraq or Egypt {Hemiechinus auritus aegyptius). Cyprus measurements are comparable to specimens from Kasachstan which belong to Hemiechinus auritus auritus. Variations in dentition occur frequently in Cyprus Long-eared hedgehogs (Tab. 2). The normally two roots Stock Photo
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. Bonner zoologische Beiträge : Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Biology; Zoology. On the hedgehog of Cyprus 117. be taken slightly differently the new series supports Spitzenberger's result. Cyprus Long-eared hedgehogs have bigger skulls and broader molars than specimens from Israel, Syria, Iraq or Egypt {Hemiechinus auritus aegyptius). Cyprus measurements are comparable to specimens from Kasachstan which belong to Hemiechinus auritus auritus. Variations in dentition occur frequently in Cyprus Long-eared hedgehogs (Tab. 2). The normally two roots of P may be fused to a single root. In two specimens C and P2 have such a close contact that they share one alveole. normally has three roots and a small protoconus. Both elements are reduced to a certain extent in several specimens up to a two-rooted PI In one specimen P^ is even missing. Only four specimens out of 22 show the normal type of all characters treated in Tab. 2. Tooth wear may be taken as an indicator of age although there is a great variation depending on the preferred food consistence and the habitat of the individuals. In Tab. 3 I have grouped the observed tooth wear stages in an annual sequence. My in- terpretation is that none of the examined animals was older than three years. Two specimens of an estimated age of nearly one year showed black tooth film (PB 374, JN 4775) and another specimen of about two years age showed a pathogene bone reduction at the nose, the roots of the left P"* and the lower incisors (JN 4779). Another characteristic for the Cyprus population is the extension of the frontalia backwards between the parietalia (Fig. 1). This is mostly asymmetric and sometimes followed by a porous bone structure in this area. The penis of one male (PB 382) was examined (Fig. 2). The rows of spines on the glans were doubled on one side and formed a cluster on the other. Normally Hemiechinus has two rows of spines on the glans penis (Corbet 1988). 2