A hedgehog is a spiny mammal of the subfamily Erinaceinae, in the eulipotyphlan family Erinaceidae. There are 17 species of hedgehog in five genera found throughout parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa, and in New Zealand by introduction.

Erinaceidae / ˌɛrɪnəˈsiːɪdiː / 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.

2024年12月21日 · Hedgehogs comprise a subfamily (Erinaceinae) of family Erinaceidae, which also includes the moonrat and the gymnures (subfamily Galericinae) of Southeast Asia and the Philippines. The name hedgehog can more broadly be applied to all species in this family.

2024年4月21日 · Get to know the different types of hedgehog and learn about the diverse habitats, behaviors, and diets of these little prickly mammals.

2024年11月15日 · Hedgehogs are small mammals with short, powerful limbs and large feet equipped with claws. They usually have five toes on each foot, except for the four-toed hedgehog, which, as its name suggests, has four toes per foot.

2024年9月30日 · The family, Erinaceidae, covers both the hedgehog and the closely-related moonrat. Erinaceinae is a combination of “Erinaceus” and the suffix “-inae.” Erinaceus is a genus that hedgehogs are included under, coming from the Latin word that simply means “hedgehog.”

Hedgehogs are native to mainland Britain and are also found throughout northern and western Europe. Related and similar species are also found as far as north Africa, the Middle East and central Asia. There are 16 species of hedgehog in five genera, found through parts of Europe, Asia, Africa and New Zealand.

The hedgehog’s family, called the Erinaceidae, contains just it and another animal called the moonrat. The scientific name of our spiky subject is Erinaceus, a Latin word that means “to be bristly”.

2015年2月7日 · Hedgehogs are in the family Erinaceidae. This family also includes the hedgehogs’ closest relations, the gymnures, which are also known as hairy hedgehogs or moonrats. Although related to hedgehogs, gymnures don’t have spines, and look more like rats.

Hedgehog is the common name for any of the small spiny, mammals comprising the subfamily Erinaceinae of the Erinaceidae family, characterized by rounded bodies, short and barbless spines on their backs and sides, often very short or rudimentary tails, and the behavior of rolling into a tight ball when frightened.