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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 ...
European hedgehog. E. europaeus Linnaeus, 1758: Europe, northwestern Asia, and New Zealand: Size: 13–27 cm (5–11 in) long, plus 2 cm (1 in) tail [14] Habitat: Forest and grassland [15] Diet: Omnivorous; primarily insects, as well as other invertebrates, eggs, small vertebrates, and carrion [14] NT Unknown [15] Northern white-breasted hedgehog
Hedgehog bones have been found in the pellets of the Eurasian eagle owl. [15] In Britain, the main predator is the European badger. European hedgehog populations in the United Kingdom are lower in areas with many badgers, [16] and hedgehog rescue societies will not release hedgehogs into known badger territories. [17]
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 ...
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]
West European hedgehog. Eulipotyphlans are insectivorous mammals. Shrews and solenodons resemble mice, hedgehogs carry spines, gymnures look more like large rats, while moles are stout-bodied burrowers. Family: Erinaceidae (hedgehogs) Subfamily: Erinaceinae. Genus: Erinaceus. Amur hedgehog, Erinaceus amurensis; Southern white-breasted hedgehog ...
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 ...
West European hedgehog. The order Erinaceomorpha contains a single family, Erinaceidae, which comprise the hedgehogs and gymnures. The hedgehogs are easily recognised by their spines while gymnures look more like large rats. Family: Erinaceidae (hedgehogs) Subfamily: Erinaceinae. Genus: Atelerix. North African hedgehog, A. algirus LC [15 ...