ERINACEIDAE, G. Fischer, 1814

Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2018, Erinaceidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 8 Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 288-330 : 288

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6639332
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6632520
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scientific name	ERINACEIDAE
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Family ERINACEIDAE View in CoL (HEDGEHOGS AND GYMNURES)

• Mediumssized insectivores/omnivores, with stiff spines on head and back and relatively short rostrum (hedgehogs) or soft or coarse fur and shrew-like snout (gymnures).

• 10-75 cm. View Figure

• Palearctic, Afrotropical, and Indo-Malayan Regions. View Figure

• Deserts, steppes, urban grasslands, forests, farmlands, alpine meadows, parks, and gardens (hedgehogs) or humid, tropical forests (gymnures).

• 10 genera, 26 species, 4b taxa.

• 2 species Endangered, 1 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.