Amur Hedgehog - Erinaceus amurensis
( Schrenk, 1859 )

 

 

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Subspecies: Unknown
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CITES Status: NOT LISTED
IUCN Status: Least Concern
U.S. ESA Status: NOT LISTED

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Life Span: in the Wild
Life Span: in Captivity

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Habitat:
Inhabits different biotopes excluding highlands, extensive marches and cultivated fields. It preferrs valleys and lowlands with mixed coniferous and broadleaf forests, with high grass. Usually lives at border line between forest and open spaces. Active mostly during dark. Feeds on earthworms and other ground invertebrates, rarely small vertebrates and fruits.

Range:
This species occurs in lowland China from about 29'N (i.e. a little south of the Yangtze) north to the Amur Basin and Korea. It may also occur in Sichuan, China (Corbet and Hill 1992).

Conservation:
Species occurs in some protected areas.

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