Small-toothed forest hedgehog

Small-toothed forest hedgehog
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Erinaceidae
Genus:	Mesechinus
Species:	M. miodon
Binomial name
	Mesechinus miodon; (Thomas, 1908)

The small-toothed forest hedgehog (Mesechinus miodon) is a species of hedgehog in the genus Mesechinus. It is native to China. For a long time it was considered a subspecies of the Daurian hedgehog or the Hugh's hedgehog.^[1] The habitat of Mesechinus miodon is dry and desert-like. They feed on various species of beetles and hibernate in late October.^[2]

References

^ Ai, Huai-Sen; He, Kai; Chen, Zhong-Zheng; Li, Jia-Qi; Wan, Tao; Li, Quan; Nie, Wen-Hui; Wang, Jin-Huan; Su, Wei-Ting; Jiang, Xue-Long (2018-09-18). "Taxonomic revision of the genus Mesechinus (Mammalia: Erinaceidae) with description of a new species". Zoological Research. 39 (5): 335–347. doi:10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2018.034. ISSN 2095-8137. PMC 6102679. PMID 29695683.
^ Don E. Wilson; Russell A. Mittermeier (2018). "Family Erinaceidae (Hedgehogs and Gymnures)". Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos. Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 8. pp. 288–330 (S. 326-327). ISBN 978-84-16728-08-4.