🐾European hedgehog
For alternative betydninger, se Pindsvin (flertydig). (Se også artikler, som begynder med Pindsvin) Pindsvinet (latin: Erinaceus europaeus), også kaldet vesteuropæisk pindsvin, er et pattedyr, der lever i Vesteuropa. I Danmark er det et af de mest velkendte pattedyr og lever ofte i småskove eller haver, hvor det er aktivt om natten. Dyret kendes på at have pigge på ryggen, hvilket fungerer som forsvar mod fjender. Dets føde består især af insekter og deres larver samt orme og snegle. Pindsvinet går i vinterhi.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2024.
- Body mass
- 0.78 kg
- Body length
- 0.27 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 14 years
Everything we know about the European hedgehog
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.78 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 0.75 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.27 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass3.48 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan14 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 12 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length4.4 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity266 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation36 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 30 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 4COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1.5AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelCarnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range0.08 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density58 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0.8 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
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 European hedgehog yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderErinaceomorpha
- ›familyErinaceidae
- ›genusErinaceus
- ›speciesErinaceus europaeus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- familyErinaceidae
- subfamilyErinaceinae
- genusErinaceus
All 14 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEulipotyphla
- familyErinaceidae
- subfamilyErinaceinae
- genusErinaceus
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