Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Class Mammalia > Subclass Eutheria > Order Insectivora > Family Erinaceidae > Genus Erinaceus

Erinaceus europaeus Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

ErinaceusLinnaeus, 1758accepted genus name

Children

Erinaceus europaeus europaeus Linnaeus, 1758
Erinaceus europaeus hispanicus Barrett-Hamilton, 1900
Erinaceus europaeus italicus Barrett-Hamilton, 1900

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Danish: Pindsvin sources: danish PESI focal point
 Dutch: Egel sources: Dutch Species Register
 English: Hedgehog sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))
 English-United States: Hedgehog; West European Hedgehog sources: Charles Hussey
 German: Braunbrustigel; Westeuropäischer Igel; Westigel sources: Germany PESI focal point
 Greek: Ευρωπαϊκός σκαντζόχοιρος sources: Greek PESI focal point
 Israel (Hebrew): קיפוד מצוי sources: Hebrew PESI focal point
 Lithuanian: ežys sources: Lithuanian PESI focal point
 Norwegian Bokmål: piggsvin; pinnsvin sources: Systema Naturae, 10th ed., 1:52
 Norwegian Nynorsk: piggsvin; pinnsvin sources: Systema Naturae, 10th ed., 1:52
 Romanian: Arici sources: Romania PESI focal point
 Russian: европейский еж; западно европейский еж; обыкновенный еж; обычный еж sources: Russian PESI focal point
 Slovenian: rjavoprsi jež sources: Slovenian PESI focal point
 Spanish, Castillian: Erizo común sources: spanish PESI focal point
 Swedish: igelkott
 Turkish: Batı Avrupa kirpisi sources: Turkish PESI focal point
 Ukrainian: Їжак європейський sources: Ukranian PESI focal point
 Welsh: draenog

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External Links

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Citation

Prof. Dr Wieslaw Bogdanowicz. Erinaceus europaeus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=305459

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

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2005-01-25 by Prof. Dr Wieslaw Bogdanowicz

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