European Hedgehog - Range

Range

The European hedgehog is endemic to Europe (including European Russia), with a global distribution extending from the British Isles and the Iberian peninsula eastwards through much of western to central Europe, and from southern Fennoscandia and the northern Baltic to north-west Russia. It has been introduced to various European islands and as an exotic species to New Zealand.

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