Hedgehog: Facts

Categories: Rolling animals > Fauna of Ireland > Erinaceomorphs > Hedgehogs

the name of the mushroom Amanita echinocephala (pictured) means "hedgehog-head" in Ancient Greek, referring to its spiny, or warty-looking cap?
possible relatives of the extinct Madagascar mammal Plesiorycteropus include hedgehogs, aardvarks, and hyraxes, and its remains have been misidentified as rodents and the giant aye-aye?

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