family Erinaceidae


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Noun1.family Erinaceidae - true hedgehogs
Erinaceidae
mammal family - a family of mammals
Insectivora, order Insectivora - shrews; moles; hedgehogs; tenrecs
Erinaceus, genus Erinaceus - type genus of the family Erinaceidae: hedgehogs
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They are included in the order Eulipotyphla and family Erinaceidae. Family Erinaceidae (Erinaceinae) is one of the most widespread and diverse mammalian families in Egypt where it includes four species and two subspecies that are belonging to three genus.
First Record of Atelerix albiventris (Family: Erinaceidae) from South-Eastern of Egypt Confirmed by Molecular Analysis
Northern white-breasted hedgehogs (Erinaceus roumanicus) are urbandwelling mammals (order Eulipotyphla, family Erinaceidae) that serve as major maintenance hosts for the 3 stages of I.
Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in urban hedgehogs
(#) Member of the order Insectivora, family Erinaceidae. ** Member of the order Diprotodonia, family Petauridae.
Exotic small mammals as potential reservoirs of zoonotic Bartonella spp

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