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Hedgehog

Erinaceus europaeus

Photo by david.chaconv
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Field Notes

Description:

Hedgehog found in Malaga (Spain)
They are very rare in the south of Spain, nobody around had seen an alive one in the last 20 years.

Habitat:

Spain

Notes:

It took me more than 1 hour sitting next to it to take this photo

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Comments (2)
LauraMaria
Oh these guys are so cute, I haven't seen any since I moved into the middle of town though! This will be a European hedgehog, and the scientific name for them is Erinaceus europaeus, so you can update your spotting with that! This is quite a special spotting if you found him in a place they are rare... 20 years, wow!
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PublishedOctober 9, 2011

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