Small-toothed forest hedgehog

The small-toothed forest hedgehog (Mesechinus miodon) is a species of hedgehog in the genus Mesechinus. It is native to China. For a long time it was considered a subspecies of the Daurian hedgehog or the Hugh's hedgehog.^[1] The habitat of Mesechinus miodon is dry and desert-like. They feed on various species of beetles and hibernate in late October.^[2]

Small-toothed forest hedgehog
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Erinaceidae
Genus:	Mesechinus
Species:	M. miodon
Binomial name
Mesechinus miodon (Thomas, 1908)