Amur Hedgehog

Amur Hedgehog

Taxobox
name = Amur HedgehogMSW3 Hutterer | pages = 213]
status = LR/lc
status_system = iucn2.3
status_ref = IUCN2006 | assessors = Insectivore Specialist Group | year = 1996 | id = 40604 | title = Erinaceus amurensis | downloaded = 2006-05-12 Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern]


image_caption = Amur hedgehog from [http://lazovzap.dvo.ru/pages/insectivora.htm Lazov national park] , Russia
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Erinaceomorpha
familia = Erinaceidae
genus = "Erinaceus"
species = "E. amurensis"
binomial = "Erinaceus amurensis"
binomial_authority = (Schrenk, 1858)

The Amur Hedgehog ("Erinaceus amurensis") is a hedgehog similar to the West European Hedgehog in outlook and lifestyle, although it is more lightly coloured. An average animal weighs from 600 to 1000 grams. Native to Amur Krai and Primorye in Russia, Manchuria in China and the Korean peninsula.

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