Hugh's Hedgehog

Taxobox
name = Hugh's HedgehogMSW3 Hutterer | pages = 216]
status = VU
trend = unknown
status_system = iucn2.3
status_ref = IUCN2006 | assessors = Insectivore Specialist Group | year = 1996 | id = 13209 | title = Mesechinus hughi | downloaded = 2006-05-11 Listed as Vulnerable (VU B1+2c v2.3)]


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Erinaceomorpha
familia = Erinaceidae
genus = "Mesechinus"
species = "M. hughi"
binomial = "Mesechinus hughi"
binomial_authority = (Thomas, 1908)

Hugh's Hedgehog ("Mesechinus hughi"), also sometimes referred to as the Central Chinese Hedgehog, is a hedgehog native to Central China and Manchuria. It prefers open areas, but can be found in shrubs and forests.

Hugh's Hedgehog is endemic to China. It is known to look for food even in daytime on rainy days.

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