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Southern white-breasted hedgehog
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| Southern white-breasted hedgehog[1] | |
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Conservation status
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Erinaceidae |
| Genus: | Erinaceus |
| Species: | E. concolor
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| Binomial name | |
| 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 white-bellied hedgehog or white-chested hedgehog, is a hedgehog native to Eastern Europe and Southwestern Asia.
Description[edit]
It is very similar in lifestyle and appearance to the European hedgehog (E. europaeus), but it has a white spot on its chest.
Taxonomy[edit]
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[edit]
Unlike its European counterpart, the southern white-breasted hedgehog never digs dens. It prefers building grass nests in secluded places.
Parasites[edit]
The species carries a host of ectoparasites such as ticks and fleas and due to their increasing popularity as exotic pets, this can lead to a potential transmission of zoonotic diseases.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Girisgin, V., Senlik, B., Aydin, L., & Cirak, V. Y. (2015, July 7). Ectoparasites of hedgehogs (Erinaceus concolor) from Turkey. Vetline. Retrieved October 27, 2023, from https://www.vetline.de/ectoparasites-of-hedgehogs-erinaceus-concolor-from-turkey DOI10.2376/0005-9366-128-315
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