A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c29.210

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⁵⁵⁴ Not mentioned in the *Suśrutasamhitā*. Compare the *kūcīka* of A.s.Sū.7.74. P. Rāy and H.N. Gupta (1965): *Erinaceus europaeus*, the hedgehog. P.V. Sharma: hedgehog. Gulabkunverba: idem. R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash: idem. See on *Hemiechinus auritus* (Gmelin), the longeared hedgehog, and *Paraechinus micropus* (Blyth), the pale hedgehog, and the subspecies found in India: S.H. Prater (1971): 166–167; WIRM V, 10. A third species, *Paraechinus hypomelas blanfordi* (Anderson) is found in the Panjab. See also on the Indian hedgehogs: F. Finn (1929): 48–50; R.E. Hawkins (1986): 287.