Southern White-breasted Hedgehog
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| Southern White-breasted Hedgehog[1] | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Erinaceomorpha |
| Family: | Erinaceidae |
| Subfamily: | Erinaceinae |
| Genus: | Erinaceus |
| Species: | E. concolor |
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| Erinaceus concolor Martin, 1838 |
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| Range of the Southern White-breasted Hedgehog (red) | |
The Southern White-breasted Hedgehog (Erinaceus concolor), sometimes referred to as East European Hedgehog, White-bellied Hedgehog or White-chested Hedgehog, is very similar in lifestyle and appearance to the European Hedgehog, but the former has a white spot on its chest. For a long time these two species were considered to be one. The Northern White-breasted Hedgehog was formerly recognized as a subspecies of the Southern White-breasted Hedgehog but newer investigations see both as different species. The Southern White-breasted Hedgehog and European Hedgehog can hybridize.
Unlike its European counterpart, the Southern White-breasted Hedgehog never digs dens. It prefers building grass nests in secluded places.
[edit] References
- ^ Hutterer, Rainer (16 November 2005). Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M.. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 213–214. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13600016.
- ^ Insectivore Specialist Group (1996). Erinaceus concolor. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 2006-05-06. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern
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