Specimen information:

• Catalog number: MZB 97-0227
• Scientific name : Atelerix algirus (Lereboullet, 1842)
• Common name: Algerian hedgehog
• Element: skull
• Location: Lleida
• Collecting date: 16/11/1996
• Sex: male
• Acquisition source: CRFS Vallcalent
• Acquisition Date: 13/03/1997
• Biometrics - skull: Height 19.1mm X Width 31.2mm X Depth 53.9mm

Information about the species:

Chordata ,Vertebrata ,Mammalia ,Erinaceomorpha ,Erinaceidae ,Atelerix ,Atelerix algirus

Description:

The Algerian Hedgehog is an omnivorous species that feeds at night on small vertebrates, arthropods, fungi, carrion and other types of food.
Its cranium is small, flattened with a slender zygomatic arch. It is also characterized by a bone lamina with a transversal crest and a medial spine at the back of the palate.
Its dentition is characterized by final premolars with a single cusp that allow the protoconid and paracone to meet. It has 36 teeth in the following dental formula: I 3/2, C 1/1, P 3/2, M 2/2.

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• Picture Author: Sergi Gago
• Picture date: 10/05/2012
• Number of polygons: 1.9M
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