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| Animalia | Chordata | Mammalia | Eulipotyphla | Erinaceidae |
| Scientific Name: | Erinaceus europaeus | |||||||||
| Species Authority: | Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||||
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Least Concern ver 3.1 |
| Year Published: | 2016 |
| Date Assessed: | 2016-09-09 |
| Assessor(s): | Amori, G. |
| Reviewer(s): | Cassola, F. |
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Justification: This species is common and abundant throughout its wide range. Consequently it is considered to be Least Concern. |
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| Range Description: | Erinaceus europaeus is endemic to Europe (including European Russia), with a distribution extending from the British Isles and the Iberian peninsula, westwards through much of western to central Europe; and from southern Fennoscandia, and the northern Baltic to north-west Russia. It is present on the Azores and a number of Mediterranean islands, but is absent from south-east Europe and southern Russia. It is typically found at altitudes of up to 600 m, although it can reach 1,500-2,000 m in the Alps (Lapini 1999). | ||
| Countries occurrence: | Native: Austria; Belgium; Croatia; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Germany; Ireland; Italy; Latvia; Luxembourg; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Russian Federation; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; United Kingdom | ||
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| Population: | It is generally a common and widespread species, although at higher altitudes and in more northerly parts of its range it tends to be relatively rare (Lapini 1999). The is no evidence of any population decline in most parts of its range. | ||
| Current Population Trend: |  Stable | ||
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| Habitat and Ecology: | It thrives in a variety of man-made habitats including orchards, vineyards, farmland, parks and gardens, including those in urban areas. It also occurs in deciduous woodland, woodland edge and grasslands, although it is less common in these areas (Lapini 1999). |
| Systems: | Terrestrial |
| Generation Length (years): | 4-5 |
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| Major Threat(s): | The are no major threats to this species in most of its range. In some areas, many hedgehogs are killed by collision with cars, but this is unlikely to cause any population decline (Huijser 1999, Verkem et al. 2003). |
| Conservation Actions: | It is listed on Appendix III of the Bern Convention. It occurs in a number of protected areas throughout its wide range. |
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Huijser, M.P. 1999. Human impact on populations of hedgehogs Erinaceus europaeus through traffic and changes in the landscape: a review. Lutra 42:39-56. IUCN. 2016. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016-3. Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 07 December 2016). Lapini, L. 1999. Erinaceus europaeus. In: A.J. Mitchell-Jones, G. Amori, W. Bogdanowicz, B. Kryštufek, P.J.H. Reijnders, F. Spitzenberger, M. Stubbe, J.B.M. Thissen, V. Vohralík, and J. Zima (eds), The Atlas of European Mammals. Academic Press, London. Pacifici, M., Santini, L., Di Marco, M., Baisero, D., Francucci, L., Grottolo Marasini, G., Visconti, P. and Rondinini, C. 2013. Generation length for mammals. Nature Conservation 5: 87–94. Verkem, S., De Maeseneer, J., Vandenddriessche, B., Verbeylen, G. and Yskout, S. 2003. Zoogdieren in Vlaanderen. Ecologie en verspreiding van 1987 tot 2002. Natuurpunt Studie & JNM-Zoogdierenwerkgroep, Mechelen & Gent, België.. |
| Citation: | Amori, G. 2016. Erinaceus europaeus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T29650A2791303. . Downloaded on 20 August 2017. |
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