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  2. Hedgehog - Wikipedia

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    Hedgehog gestation lasts 35–58 days, depending on species. The average litter is three to four newborns for larger species and five to six for smaller ones. As with many animals, it is not unusual for an adult male hedgehog to kill newborn males. Hedgehogs have a relatively long lifespan for their size.

  3. Soricomorpha - Wikipedia

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    However, Insectivora was shown to be polyphyletic and various new orders were split off from it, including Afrosoricida (tenrecs, golden moles, otter shrews), Macroscelidea (elephant shrews), and Erinaceomorpha (hedgehogs and gymnures), with the four remaining extant and recent families of Soricomorpha shown here then being treated as a ...

  4. Eulipotyphla - Wikipedia

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    Eulipotyphla (/ ˌ j uː l ɪ p oʊ ˈ t ɪ f l ə /, from eu-+ Lipotyphla, meaning truly lacking blind gut; [1] sometimes called true insectivores [2]) is an order of mammals comprising the Erinaceidae (hedgehogs and gymnures); Solenodontidae (solenodons); Talpidae (moles, shrew-like moles and desmans); and Soricidae (true shrews) families.

  5. Hedgehogs in culture - Wikipedia

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    Hedgehogs are often pictured as fond of milk; as late as the 19th century, some English villagers even believed that these creatures would suck milk out of cows' udders. [4] In reality, however, hedgehogs are lactose-intolerant. Hedgehogs are also often seen in pictures with an autumn-themed background since the animal hibernates in piles of ...

  6. Adorable Video of a Hedgehog Playing with Toys Is Pure ... - AOL

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    Hedgehogs have between 5 and 7 thousand quills on their bodies and will raise them if threatened; however, unlike porcupines, their quills are not poisonous. Turns out, hedgehogs are very active pets.

  7. European hedgehog - Wikipedia

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    The European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus), also known as the West European hedgehog or common hedgehog, is a hedgehog species native to Europe from Iberia and Italy northwards into Scandinavia and westwards into the British Isles. [3] It is a generally common and widely distributed species that can survive across a wide range of habitat types ...

  8. The Czech hedgehog is an antitank defense that, for Americans and Russians alike, evokes images of World War II. Moscow has a monument of Czech hedgehogs to mark the farthest that Nazi soldiers ...

  9. Four-toed hedgehog - Wikipedia

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    The four-toed hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris), also known as the African pygmy hedgehog, is a species of hedgehog found throughout much of central and eastern Africa. Populations tend to be scattered between suitable savannah or cropland habitats, avoiding forested areas. The species common name is derived from the number of toes found on its ...