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A European hedgehog eating fish carcass, photographed in Altai Krai A European hedgehog eating fallen fruits European hedgehog foraging in hedgerow The European hedgehog is an insectivore . Its diet consists largely of earthworms , as well as snails and slugs, beetles , ants, bees and wasps, earwigs , cockroaches, crickets and grasshoppers ...
Eastern Europe and western Asia (in blue) Size: 13–30 cm (5–12 in) long, plus 1–5 cm (0.4–2.0 in) tail [16] Habitat: Forest and shrubland [17] Diet: Omnivorous; primarily insects, as well as other invertebrates, eggs, small vertebrates, and carrion [18] LC Unknown [17] Southern white-breasted hedgehog. E. concolor Martin, 1838
Hedgehog bones have been found in the pellets of the Eurasian eagle owl. [14] In Britain, the main predator is the European badger. European hedgehog populations in the United Kingdom are lower in areas with many badgers, [15] and hedgehog rescue societies will not release hedgehogs into known badger territories. [16]
Erinaceus is a genus of hedgehog from the family of Erinaceidae. There are four main species of Erinaceus. The range is all across Europe, throughout the Middle East, parts of Russia, and extending to northern China and Korea. The European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) has been introduced to New Zealand. [2] [3]
Erinaceus europaeus, the European hedgehog or common hedgehog, a mammal species found in northern and western Europe; Euonymus europaeus, the spindle, European spindle or common spindle, a deciduous shrub or small tree species
Clockwise from upper left: Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus), European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus), European mole (Talpa europaea), and ornate shrew (Sorex ornatus) Eulipotyphla is an order of placental mammals which includes hedgehogs, gymnures, moles, shrew moles, desmans, solenodons, and shrews. Members of this order are called ...
Ixodes hexagonus is found widely throughout central and western Europe, and as far east as Siberia. In the United Kingdom, its distribution is sparse to the northwest, increasing in density to the southeast. [2] As a nest-dwelling parasite of the European hedgehog, its distribution is closely associated with that of its preferred host.
This is a list of mammals of Europe. It includes all mammals currently found in Europe (from northeast Atlantic to Ural Mountains and northern slope of Caucasus Mountains ), whether resident or as regular migrants .