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Hedgehogs live in Europe and Asia as well as Africa. They do not occur naturally in the Americas or Australia. Their spines are modified hairs. Many roll into a ball when in danger, while their cousins the gymnures have no spines. Many are active at night.
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Erinaceidae
Erinaceus amurensis · Least concern
The name 'hedgehog' comes from the pig-like grunts these animals make as they forage, and the Amur hedgehog is no exception, hunting like its relatives by scent and hearing. Native to Russia's Far East, Manchuria and Korea, it looks like a paler European hedgehog and meets others of its kind only to mate.
Photo: Csahes (Attribution)
Erinaceidae
Hemiechinus auritus · Least concern
The long-eared hedgehog's spines are set in a unique muscle sheath that forms a protective bag. It hunts by hearing and smell in the early evening, eating insects, lizards, eggs and fruit, and likes to live near water. Its longest reported hibernation lasted 40 days.
Photo: Bogomolov.PL (Public domain)
Erinaceidae
Echinosorex gymnura · Least concern
Despite its name, the moonrat is no rodent: it is a relative of hedgehogs, and possibly the largest of their order. It is best known for its smell, a pungent odour with a strong whiff of ammonia. It lives in Southeast Asia and eats mostly animal prey.
Photo: Max Tibby (CC0)
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