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Atelerix albiventris, Coacalco, Mexico 250917P1🦔

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SpeciesErinaceomorphaErinaceidae
Mammals

🦔Four-toed hedgehog

Atelerix albiventris (Wagner, 1841)

القنفذ القزم الأفريقي (الاسم العلمي: Atelerix albiventris) حيوان ثديي صغير وجد في أنحاء كثيرة من وسط وشرق أفريقيا، من فصيلة القنفذيات وهي الفصيلة الوحيدة الحية من رتبة Erinaceomorpha لذا تعتبر الفصيلة نفسها رتبة.

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Measurements
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Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
Body mass
0.45 kg
Body length
0.23 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
11 years
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Everything we know about the Four-toed hedgehog

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
0.45 kg
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 0.5 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Body length
0.23 m
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Brain mass
1.91 g
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Maximum lifespan
11 years
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  • 11 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Generation length
3.66 years
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Age at maturity
116 days
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Gestation
35 days
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  • 35 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Litter size
about 4
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  • 6AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Trophic level
Omnivore
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Activity cycle
Nocturnal
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Volume l
0.5 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Four-toed hedgehog yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderErinaceomorpha
  5. ›familyErinaceidae
  6. ›genusAtelerix
  7. ›speciesAtelerix albiventris
Full lineage
  1. classMammals · Mammalia
  2. familyErinaceidae
  3. subfamilyErinaceinae
  4. genusAtelerix
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals · Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. superorderLaurasiatheria
  11. orderEulipotyphla
  12. familyErinaceidae
  13. subfamilyErinaceinae
  14. genusAtelerix
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What it eats
reptiles, fish and amphibians33%
insects and other invertebrates22%
fruit22%
warm-blooded animals11%
leaves, roots and other plants11%
In other languages
Atelerix albiventris (de), erizo de cuatro dedos (es), Atelerix albiventris (pt), Afrojeż białobrzuchy (pl), hérisson à ventre blanc (fr), 네발가락고슴도치 (ko) … and 18 more languages
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