European hedgehog

English thumb|European hedgehog Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-European hedgehog.wav Southern England Noun Erinaceus europaeus species, the hedgehog that inhabits much of Western and Central Europe. en 8 October 2026 Kevin Peachey Hedgehog among four animals chosen to feature on new banknotes BBC News The Atlantic puffin, barn owl, buff-tailed bumblebee and European hedgehog will appear on the redesigned notes in years to come - although no decision has been made about which animal will be shown on which banknote. 8 October 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20261008060018/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwe8ld517ry3o Synonyms Erinaceus europaeus common hedgehog Translations thumb|geographic distributionEuropean hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Basque: eu triku arrunt Belarusian: be звычайны вожык, be еўрапейскі вожык Bengali: bn পশ্চিম ইউরোপীয় সজারু Bulgarian: bg западноевропейски таралеж Catalan: ca eriçó fosc m, ca eriçó m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 西歐刺蝟 xī'ōu cìwèi Chuvash: cv чӗрӗп Czech: cs ježek západní m, cs ježek obecný m Danish: da pindsvin n Dutch: nl egel Erzya: myv сеель Estonian: et siil Faroese: fo tindasvín Finnish: fi siili French: fr hérisson commun Frisian: West Frisian: fy stikelbaarch Galician: gl ourizo cacho German: de Braunbrustigel Irish: ga gráinneog f Italian: it riccio comune Japanese: ja ヨーロッパハリネズミ Yōroppa harinezumi Latgalian: ltg ezs, ltg parostais ezs Latvian: lv brūnkrūtainais ezis m, lv brūnkrūšu ezis m, lv Eiropas ezis m Lithuanian: lt ežys, lt paprastasis ežys Luxembourgish: lb europäesche Kéisécker Norwegian: Bokmål: nb piggsvin, nb pinnsvin Nynorsk: nn piggsvin, nn bustyvel Polish: pl jeż zachodni, pl jeż europejski Portuguese: pt ouriço terrestre m, pt ouriço-cacheiro m Romansh: rm erizun m, rm rizza f Surmiran Puter Vallader, rm püerch spinus m Vallader Russian: ru обыкнове́нный ёж m, ru европе́йский ёж m Serbo-Croatian: sh europski jež, sh tamnoprsi jež Slovak: sk jež tmavý Slovene: sl rjavoprsi jež Spanish: es erizo común m Swedish: sv igelkott Thai: th เฮดจ์ฮอกยุโรป ḥedc̒ḥ xk yurop, th เม่นแคระยุโรป mèn khæra yurop Turkish: tr batı Avrupa kirpisi Vietnamese: vi nhím gai châu Âu References Erinaceus europaeus 1 en Erinaceids