Indian Hedgehog
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| Indian Hedgehog</br>Conservation status: Endangered | ||||||||||||||
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| Image:Paraechinus Micropus.jpg Indian hedgehog | ||||||||||||||
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| Hemiechinus micropus (Blyth, 1846) |
The Indian Hedgehog (older names may include Paraechinus micropus and Erinaceus micropus, as this hedgehog used to be classfied into Erinaceus genus) is a species of desert hedgehogs native to India and Pakistan. Indian hedgehog is known for his masked face, somewhat similar to a raccoon. Tends to live in on plains and in bushy mountainous areas near water.
Indian hedgehog is relatively small (~200-350 grams, ~15 centimetres) and quite fast, although not as fast as long-eared hedgehog. It also has a more diverse diet with additional food source of frogs, toads, snakes and scorpios. Although it is capable of digging dens, it is highly unlikely to do so. Although Indian hedgehog doesn't hibernate, it is still capable of slowing down his metabolism when food is scarce.
Indian hedgehog is an endengered species in some of the areas (predominantly mountainous).
