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    Species Accepted

    Erinaceus europaeus Linnaeus, 1758

    Brown-breasted Hedgehog

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Recorded as introduced in 5 countries or islands

      5 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      ChinaNo
      IrelandNo
      JapanYes
      RéunionNo
      SwedenNo

      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      104 results
      Adi kirpi Azerbaijani
      Arici Romanian
      Ariciul comun Romanian
      Arizón d’Europa Aragonese
      Batı Avrupa Kirpisi Turkish
      Braunbrustigel German
      Brown-breasted Hedgehog English
      Common Hedgehog English
      Draenog Welsh
      Draenogod Welsh

      Treatments

      6 results

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      8 results
      Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole. (2000). Common Names of Mammals of the World.
      Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas
      Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (1993). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd Ed., 3rd Printing.
      Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd Ed., Vols. 1 & 2.
      Ohdachi, S. D., Ishibashi, Y., Iwasa, M. A., Saitoh, T., & Sellers, S. B. (Eds.). (2009). The wild mammals of Japan. Shoukadoh Book Sellers. Kyoto, Japan
      Observation.org contributors. 2018. "Download species lists". Observation.org, Nature observations form around the world. est. 2008. Hisko de Vries (man). Observation International Foundation. https://observation.org/download.php?lang=en&local=xx
      Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
      Best, Troy / Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds. (2018). Family Erinaceidae (Hedgehogs and Gymnures). Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 8: Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos.

      Citation

      Erinaceus europaeus Linnaeus, 1758 in undefined