Desert Hedgehog

Paraechinus aethiopicus (Ehrenberg 1832)

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Paraechinus aethiopicus (Desert Hedgehog) is a species of mammals in the family Erinaceidae. They are carnivores. Individuals are known to live for 6.3 years.

URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81875
Definition: organism that eats mostly or exclusively animal tissue

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EOL has data for 32 attributes, including:

body temperature
- URI: http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D001831
- Definition: internal temperature of living individual
- Attribution: Lovegrove
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307.35 kelvin
diet breadth
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/DietBreadth
- Definition: Number of dietary categories eaten by an organism.
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2
ecomorphological guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/EcomorphologicalGuild
- Definition: organisms that share certain morphological traits due to adaptation to similar environments and ecological roles
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geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Egypt
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/357994
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geographic range (size of area)
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/GeographicRangeArea
- Definition: The total extent of the geographic range of an organism.
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13229917.82
habitat breadth
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/HabitatBreadth
- Definition: Number of habitat layers used by an organism
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2
habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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wadi
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000031
- Definition: A valley or ravine, bounded by relatively steep banks, which in the rainy season becomes a watercourse.
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litters per year
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/LittersPerYear
- Definition: Number of litters per female per year
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1
population trend
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/population_trend
- Definition: i.e., increasing, decreasing, stable, or unknown
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Stable
prenatal development duration
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/PrenatalDevelopmentDuration
- Definition: The duration of the development from fertilized, deposited or implanted egg to hatching/birth. Corresponds to egg incubation duration in oviparous animals and to gestation period duration in viviparous animals.
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37 days
temperature in geographic range
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23.892
weaning age
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/WeaningAge
- Definition: Age when primary nutritional dependency on the mother ends and independent foraging begins to make a major contribution to the offspring’s energy requirements.
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67.27

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Desert hedgehog. View this species on GBIF

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Desert hedgehog includes 5 children: