Southern white-breasted hedgehog
Southern white-breasted hedgehog[1] | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | Erinaceidae |
Genus: | Erinaceus |
Species: | E. concolor
|
Binomial name | |
Erinaceus concolor Martin, 1838
| |
Range of the southern white-breasted hedgehog (red) |
The southern white-breasted hedgehog (Erinaceus concolor), sometimes referred to as white-bellied hedgehog or white-chested hedgehog, is a hedgehog native to Eastern Europe and Southwestern Asia.
Description[]
It is very similar in lifestyle and appearance to the European hedgehog (E. europaeus), but the former has a white spot on its chest.
Taxonomy[]
For a long time these two species were considered to be one. The northern white-breasted hedgehog of Eastern Europe and Russia 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.
Behaviour[]
Unlike its European counterpart, the southern white-breasted hedgehog never digs dens. It prefers building grass nests in secluded places.
References[]
- ^ Hutterer, R. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 213–214. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Amori, G.; Hutterer, R.; Kryštufek, B.; Yigit, N.; Mitsainas, G.; Palomo, L. (2021). "Erinaceus concolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T40605A197506348. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T40605A197506348.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Erinaceus
- Mammals of Europe
- Mammals of Western Asia
- Mammals of the Middle East
- Mammals of Turkey
- Least concern biota of Asia
- Least concern biota of Europe
- Mammals described in 1838
- Taxa named by William Charles Linnaeus Martin
- Eulipotyphla stubs