Paraechinus micropus — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Erinaceomorpha/Erinaceidae/Paraechinus

At a glance

Occurrence records26

Data sources8

Biological traits22

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections0

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Paraechinus micropus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation10 languages↗

Animal Diversity WebUniv. of Michigan MZspecies account↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility26 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeADW · Wikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources22 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF26 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

The Indian hedgehog (Paraechinus micropus) is a species of hedgehog native to India and Pakistan. It mainly lives in sandy desert areas but can be found in other environments.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesPanTHERIAAmnioteDBEltonTraits

Size & morphology3

Body mass171 g

Head body length180 mm

SVL22.6 cm

Life cycle & reproduction7

Age at sexual maturity304 days

Gestation37 days

Litter size4

⚠ sources differ — PanTHERIA: 4 · AmnioteDB: 3.56

Litters per year1 /year

Max. longevity44.9 months

Neonate mass8.49 g

Weaning age45.05 days

⚠ sources differ — PanTHERIA: 45.05 days · AmnioteDB: 52.96 days

Diet & foraging7

Breadth2

Fruit10 %

Invertebrate30 %

Scavenge20 %

Seed10 %

Trophic levelcarnivore

Vertebrate unknown30 %

Habitat & environment1

Terrestriality-999.00

Physiology & chemistry2

Precipitation mean54.37 mm

Temperature mean257 decidegC

Other traits2

Activity cycle1.00

Foraging stratumG

05DNA & barcoding1 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Paraechinus micropus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

Marker genes1

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type26 records

Wild obs. + sensor18

Museum / vouchered8

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO88 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy75% within 1 km

≤100 m 6≤1 km 3≤10 km 1>10 km 2

12 georeferenced · 6 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor18

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy29% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 1>10 km 5

7 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence8

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions4 of 4 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Ann Arbor, US	3
Cambridge, US	2
Wuzhou, CN	2
Stockholm, SE	1

4 institutions · 8 of 8 vouchered records shown