Amur hedgehog

Amur hedgehog
	In Lazo national park, Russia
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Erinaceidae
Genus:	Erinaceus
Species:	E. amurensis
Binomial name
	Erinaceus amurensis; Schrenk, 1858
	Amur hedgehog range
Synonyms
	E. chinensis Satunin, 1907; E. dealbatus Swinhoe, 1870; E. hanensis Matschie, 1907; E. koreanus Lönnberg, 1922; E. koreensis Mori, 1922; E. kreyenbergi Matschie, 1907; E. orientalis Allen, 1903; E. tschifuensis Matschie, 1907; E. ussuriensis Satunin, 1907;

The Amur hedgehog (Erinaceus amurensis), also called the Manchurian hedgehog, is a hedgehog similar to the European hedgehog in appearance and behaviour, although it is more lightly coloured. It is native to Amur Oblast and Primorye in Russia, Manchuria in China, and the Korean Peninsula. Like other hedgehogs, it uses scent and hearing while looking for prey, and the name "hedgehog" refers to the pig-like grunts it makes as it forages.

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