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A European hedgehog The hedgehog's dilemma , or sometimes the porcupine dilemma , is a metaphor about the challenges of human intimacy . It describes a situation in which a group of hedgehogs seek to move close to one another to share heat during cold weather.
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 ...
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 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
Erinaceidae / ˌ ɛr ɪ n ə ˈ s iː ɪ d iː / is a family in the order Eulipotyphla, consisting of the hedgehogs and moonrats.Until recently, it was assigned to the order Erinaceomorpha, which has been subsumed with the paraphyletic Soricomorpha into Eulipotyphla.
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European mole European hedgehog (Erinaceidae) Common shrew Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodontidae); solenodons are estimated to have diverged from other extant eulipotyphlans in the Late Cretaceous. [9] [10] Order Eulipotyphla (= 'Lipotyphla' - Afrosoricida = 'Erinaceomorpha' + 'Soricomorpha') Family Erinaceidae [11]
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]