#0156 · 🦊 mammals

North African Hedgehog

🇳🇱 Trekegel ·Atelerix algirus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Wildlife Wanderer · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Aleks Lund. · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Sébastien SANT · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Balazs Buzas · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © Daniel Suárez · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Triq Girolamo Cassar, Il-Belt Valletta, Malta:© Alireza Zamani · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. X97R+G54, Il-Mellieħa, Malta:© Annie Northfield · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Ibiza, Sant Joan de Labritja, Illes Balears, ES:© taritna · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Hiszpania:© no rights reserved · CC0
10. 07712 Maó, Illes Balears, Espanya:© Jordi · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The North African hedgehog ( Atelerix algirus ), or Algerian hedgehog , is a species of mammal in the family Erinaceidae. It is found in Algeria, Libya, Malta, Morocco, Spain, and Tunisia. Little is known about this species of hedgehog, even though the most common breed of domesticated hedgehogs is a result of crossing a four-toed hedgehog with a North African hedgehog. Because this species of hedgehog is native to Africa, it has been suggested that it was introduced...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 896iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
896 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Dominique Auguste Lereboullet in 1842 (184 years ago).