Distribution. Turkey (Anatolia) E to S Caucasus (Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan) and S to NW Iran, N Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and Jordan and on Chios, Samos, and Rhodes Is (Greece). in Erinaceidae

Distribution. Turkey (Anatolia) E to S Caucasus (Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan) and S to NW Iran, N Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and Jordan and on Chios, Samos, and Rhodes Is (Greece).Published as part of Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2018, Erinaceidae, pp. 288-330 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 8 Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 320, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.663933