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The parable of the hedgehog's dilemma was referenced in the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion, especially in its fourth episode of the same name. [ 5 ] The award-winning short film Henry is a modernist version of the hedgehog's dilemma: in this story, the hedgehog eventually finds social comfort through a turtle, that is, a fellow social ...
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]
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 ...
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.
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
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
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]
European mole European hedgehog (Erinaceidae) Common shrew Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodontidae); solenodons are estimated to have diverged from other extant eulipotyphlans in the Late Cretaceous. [8] [9] Order Eulipotyphla (= 'Lipotyphla' - Afrosoricida = 'Erinaceomorpha' + 'Soricomorpha') Family Erinaceidae [10]