Northern White-breasted Hedgehog

About the Northern White-breasted Hedgehog

The northern white-breasted hedgehog (Erinaceus roumanicus) is a species of hedgehog. The range of the species extends in the west as far as Poland, Austria and the Croatian Adriatic Islands and as far south as continental Greece and Aegean Islands, including substantial populations on Crete, Corfu and Rhodes. It is found eastwards through Russia as far east as the Ob River in Siberia. It is widespread throughout this range, and there are no signs of a significant population decline in any specific region, with abundance in specific regions.

Taxonomically, it was for a time considered to be a subspecies of E. europaeus, and later a subspecies of E. concolor. Since the 1990s, it has been considered a separate species in its own right, following new genetic and morphological studies, with five subspecies - E. r. roumanicus, E. r. bolkayi, E. r. drozdovskii, E. r. nesiotes, and E. r. pallidus.

In Europe, the size of the northern white-breasted hedgehog in southern Europe was greater in comparison to white-breasted hedgehog in northern Europe. The size of the northern white-breasted hedgehog varied based on the temperature and precipitation... Wikipedia →