#0134 · 🦊 mammals

Southern White-breasted Hedgehog

🇳🇱 Oostelijke Egel (Klein-Azië) ·Erinaceus concolor

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © whodden · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Nevit Dilmen · CC BY-SA 4.0
3. © Սերգեյ Զալինյան · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © whodden · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © gaya_from_earth_to_paradise · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. 287. Sk., Foca, İzmir, TR:© Amaal Yazdi · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. İstanbul Yolu Metro İstasyonu, Şehit Osman Avcı, 06820 Etimesgut/Ankara, Türkiye:© Ozdemir Ugural · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Ein Ayala, Haifa District, IL:© elenakuraeva · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Çankaya, 06690 Çankaya/Ankara, Türkiye:© Ozdemir Ugural · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 30 Ağustos Zafer Parkı:© Miniklikapa · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The southern white-breasted hedgehog ( Erinaceus concolor ), sometimes referred to as white-bellied hedgehog or white-chested hedgehog , is very similar in lifestyle and appearance to the European hedgehog, but the former has a white spot on its chest. For a long time these two species were considered to be one. The northern white-breasted hedgehog was formerly recognized as a subspecies of the Southern white-breasted hedgehog but newer investigations see both as different species. The Southern white-breasted hedgehog and...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,964iNaturalist 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.
1,964 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by William Charles Linnaeus Martin in 1838 (188 years ago).