The most common desert mammals are the long-eared hedgehog (Erinaceus auritus), long-quilled hedgehog (Piracohinus hypomelas), and tolai hare (Lepus tolai). From Wordnik.com. [Central Asian southern desert] Reference
Biodiversity FeaturesThe most common northern desert mammals are the long-eared hedgehog (Erinaceus auritus), long-quilled hedgehog (Piracohinus hypomelas), and tolai hare (Lepus tolai). From Wordnik.com. [Central Asian northern desert] Reference
Trying very hard to resist the distraction caused by the hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus that has moved into our garden, and whom I caught rummaging through our rubbish Monday night (see photo). From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-04-01] Reference
Erinaceus felt a thousand arrows sticking into his back. From Wordnik.com. [The Magic World] Reference
Erinaceus stood still, looking very handsome and like a prince. From Wordnik.com. [The Magic World] Reference
'The truth is, if speak I must, I must speak the truth,' said Erinaceus. From Wordnik.com. [The Magic World] Reference
'Isn't there a third thing, Erinaceus?' said the Princess, looking down. From Wordnik.com. [The Magic World] Reference
'Erinaceus,' she said, 'you're different -- from the baker's boy I mean.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Magic World] Reference
'When you kissed my little pointed face, Princess,' said Erinaceus, 'I knew then.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Magic World] Reference
Erinaceus was flattered at having his advice asked, but unfortunately he hadn't any to give. From Wordnik.com. [The Magic World] Reference
'Hedge-pigs are very wise little beasts,' said Erinaceus, 'but I only knew that when you told it me.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Magic World] Reference
At the cry Erinaceus flung himself in front of her, clasping her in his arms and turning his back to the arrows. From Wordnik.com. [The Magic World] Reference
(Erinaceus europaeus), has ancestors living anywhere from the British Isles and western Europe to the Mediterranean islands and New Zealand. From Wordnik.com. [The Dominion: All Stories] Reference
Erinaceus, 'she went on, addressing the unconscious baker's boy with the stumps of the arrows still sticking in him,' I command you, as soon as I have vanished, to assume the form of a hedge-pig. From Wordnik.com. [The Magic World] Reference
Principal mammal species include: Midday gerbil (Merionus meridianus), Gobi jerboa (Allactaga bullata), dwarf hamster (Phodopus sungorus), pika species (Ochotona spp.), long-eared hedgehog (Erinaceus auritus), and Tibetan hare (Lepus tibetanus). From Wordnik.com. [Gobi Lakes Valley desert steppe] Reference
In the forests one can find moose (Alces alces), Siberian roe deer (Capreolus pygargus), lynx (Lynx lynx), common hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus), widely spread varying hare (Lepus timidus), badger (Meles meles), ermine (Mustela erminea), weasel (Mustela nivalis), common marten (Martes martes) racoon-like dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides). From Wordnik.com. [Kazakh upland] Reference
European settlers brought a whole range of introduced predators to New Zealand, including cats (Felis silvestris), rats (Rattus exulans, R. norvegicus, R. rattus), stoats (Mustela erminea), ferrets (M. furo), weasels (M. nivalis), and hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus), which together drove many New Zealand birds to the brink of extinction. From Wordnik.com. [Rakiura Island temperate forests] Reference
Hedgehogs Erinaceus europaeus are definitely in the local area (go here to see how I know this: we live less than 1 km from my mother-in-law’s house), but I find it hard to imagine that they might catch so many individuals of a beetle that is not blundering around at ground level during the night. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference
Erinaceus, 'you've got me. From Wordnik.com. [The Magic World] Reference
I'm Erinaceus inside, all right enough. From Wordnik.com. [The Magic World] Reference
And Erinaceus answered, not to her but to the. From Wordnik.com. [The Magic World] Reference
'It was Erinaceus who did everything, and ....'. From Wordnik.com. [The Magic World] Reference
Erinaceus (c). From Wordnik.com. [Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lexicon der Naturgeschichte mit erklaerenden Anmerkungen] Reference
Elgii, Erinaceus. From Wordnik.com. [Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lexicon der Naturgeschichte mit erklaerenden Anmerkungen] Reference
Genus Erinaceus. From Wordnik.com. [Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon] Reference
Hedgehog Genus Erinaceus. From Wordnik.com. [Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon] Reference
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