🐾European hedgehog
De egel (Erinaceus europaeus) is een zoogdier uit de familie van de egels (Erinaceidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd in 1758 gepubliceerd door Carl Linnaeus in de tiende editie van Systema naturae. De egel is vooral bekend om zijn stekelvacht en de gewoonte om zich bij gevaar op te rollen.
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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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- 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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