Directory of Erinaceidae Resources

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• Britannica Online Encyclopedia: Moonrat

  http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/391430/moonrat
  Article on this large Southeast Asian insectivore that is essentially a primitive tropical hedgehog with a long tail and fur instead of spines.

• Dinagat Moonrat (Podogymnura aureospinula)

  http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=47
  Fact sheet from EDGE, a conservation organization that focuses specifically on threatened species that represent a significant amount of unique evolutionary history.

• Echinosorex gymnurus: Moonrat

  http://animaldiversity.org/site/accounts/information/Echinosorex_gymnura.html
  Description of this insect-eating mammal from South-east Asia, its behavior and its reproduction.

• Erinaceidae

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erinaceidae
  Information from Wikipedia on the classification of the hedgehogs of Eurasia and Africa and the gymnures of Southeast Asia.

• Family Erinaceidae (Gymnures and Hedgehogs)

  http://animaldiversity.org/site/accounts/information/Erinaceidae.html
  Classification and information from the Animal Diversity Web.

• Gymnure

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galericinae
  Information from Wikipedia on the Moon Rat or Hairy Hedgehog, a member of the family Galericinae and related to the hedgehog and mole.

• Hainan Gymnure (Hylomys hainanensis)

  http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=45
  Fact sheet from EDGE, a conservation organization that focuses specifically on threatened species that represent a significant amount of unique evolutionary history.

• Long-eared Hedgehog (Hemiechinus auritus)

  http://hedgehog-home.my1.ru/index/0-25
  Provides information on these hedgehogs including keeping them as pets, hedgehog treatment and general hedgehog care. Russian and English.

• Long-eared Hedgehog: Hemiechinus auritus

  http://www.arkive.org/long-eared-hedgehog/hemiechinus-auritus/
  Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Mindanao Gymnure (Podogymnura truei)

  http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=48
  Fact sheet from EDGE on this endangered species found in the Philippines.

• Pro Igel

  http://www.pro-igel.de/index-engl.html
  The society, Verein fur Integrierten Naturschutz Deutschland, provides much information on the hedgehog, Erinaceus Europaeus, and supports research projects into its behavior, biology and habitat. In German and English.

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