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African Hedgehogs
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African Hedgehogs

Atelerix

Atelerix is a genus of mammal in the family Erinaceidae. It contains four species, all native to Africa.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species

North African Hedgehog

speciesAtelerix algirus

Four-toed Hedgehog

speciesAtelerix albiventris

Southern African Hedgehog

speciesAtelerix frontalis

Four-toed × North African Hedgehog

hybridAtelerix albiventris × Atelerix algirus

Somali Hedgehog

speciesAtelerix sclateri

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 43054.