Amur hedgehog

Amur hedgehog[1]
In Lazo national park, Russia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Erinaceidae
Genus: Erinaceus
Species:
E. amurensis
Binomial name
Erinaceus amurensis
Schrenk, 1858
Amur hedgehog range
Synonyms[2]
  • E. chinensis Satunin, 1907
  • E. dealbatus Swinhoe, 1870
  • E. hanensis Matschie, 1907
  • E. koreanus Lönnberg, 1922
  • E. koreensis Mori, 1922
  • E. kreyenbergi Matschie, 1907
  • E. orientalis Allen, 1903
  • E. tschifuensis Matschie, 1907
  • E. ussuriensis Satunin, 1907

The Amur hedgehog (Erinaceus amurensis), also called the Manchurian hedgehog, is a hedgehog similar to the European hedgehog in appearance and behaviour, although it is more lightly coloured. It is native to Amur Oblast and Primorye in Russia, Manchuria in China, and the Korean Peninsula. Like other hedgehogs, it uses scent and hearing while looking for prey, and the name "hedgehog" refers to the pig-like grunts it makes as it forages.[3]

  1. ^ Hutterer, R. (2005). "Order Soricomorpha". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 213. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ a b Cassola, F. (2016). "Erinaceus amurensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T40604A22325640. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T40604A22325640.en. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  3. ^ McMillan, Michael (2014). Data Structures and Algorithms with JavaScript: Bringing classic computing approaches to the Web. O'Reilly Media. p. 366. ISBN 978-1-4493-7395-5.[better source needed]