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Erinaceus europaeus (hedgehog)
Taxonomy
Erinaceus europaeus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.
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Synonymy list
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Erinaceus europaeus Linnaeus 1758 [hedgehog]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Body mass estimates
| estimate | equation | reference |
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| 334.0 g | Mammalia femur diameter | Gingerich 1990 |
| 800.5 g | Mammalia humerus diameter | Gingerich 1990 |
| 383.7 g | Mammalia tibia diameter | Gingerich 1990 |
| mean: 468.1 g | ||
Measurements
| part | N | mean | |||||
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| femur diameter | 1 | 3.40 | |||||
| humerus diameter | 1 | 4.50 | |||||
| radius diameter | 1 | 1.90 | |||||
| tibia diameter | 1 | 3.30 |
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (17 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Spain (Castilla-Leon) | Erinaceus europaeus (34916) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Greece (Macedonia) | Erinaceus europaeus (34784) | |
| Pleistocene | Spain (Segovia) | Erinaceus europaeus (36452) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Germany (Bayern) | Erinaceus europaeus (50260) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom (Norfolk) | Erinaceus europaeus (49816) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Verona) | Erinaceus europaeus (43645) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Vicenza) | Erinaceus europaeus (43697) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | France (Poitou-Charentes) | Erinaceus europaeus (43619 43631) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Portugal | Erinaceus europaeus (197768) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain (Arrasate) | Erinaceus europaeus (191758) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain | Erinaceus europaeus (197938) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Greece (Argolida) | Erinaceus europaeus (182709) | |
| Holocene | Netherlands | Erinaceus europaeus (55533) | |
| Holocene | Estonia | Erinaceus europaeus (195026) | |
| Holocene | New Zealand (South Island) | Erinaceus europaeus (215392) | |
| Holocene | France (Corse) | Erinaceus europaeus (215378) |