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Like most hedgehogs, the southern white-breasted hedgehog’s habitat ranges from deciduous forests to parks and gardens. Their diet is the same as well, consisting mostly of insects, slugs, snails, and worms. They also prey upon toxic beetles which they happen to be immune to. The breeding period is
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The species carries a host of ectoparasites such as ticks and fleas and due to their increasing popularity as exotic pets, this can lead to a potential transmission of zoonotic diseases. Lungworm is another type of parasite in the southern white breasted hedgehog. There are two specific types of
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of about 6 weeks. They hibernate from
November to March. Unlike its European counterpart, the southern white-breasted hedgehog never digs dens. It prefers building grass nests in secluded places.
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Zolotareva, Katerina I; Belokon, Mariana M; Belokon, Yuri S; Rutovskaya, Marina V; Hlyap, Ludmila A; Starykov, Vladimir P; Politov, Dmitry V; Lebedev, Vladimir S; Bannikova, Anna A (2020-12-05).
630:"Use of a commercial oral moxidectin plus praziquantel combination for treatment of the respiratory nematode Crenosoma striatum in rescued Southern white-breasted hedgehogs (Erinaceus concolor)"
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Girisgin, V., Senlik, B., Aydin, L., & Cirak, V. Y. (2015, July 7). Ectoparasites of hedgehogs (Erinaceus concolor) from Turkey. Vetline. Retrieved
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