Species
This section of the website is dedicated to sharing information about the different types of tiles and tenrecs. It contains information about their natural habitat, climate, flora and fauna living in their natural habitat and all important information about the species not related to keeping it as a pet. Care information about hedgehogs and tenrecs as pets can be found in the various online courses we offer on our website.
Hedgehogs
Hedgehogs are small mammals with spines that occur on the continents of Europe, Asia and Africa. Hedgehogs belong to the family ‘Erineceidae’ and to the subfamily ‘Erinaceinae’. There are five genera in that subfamily containing a total of 19 species. All types are listed below.
![](https://www.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/sierra-nicole-narvaeth-D09Nooc3XQw-unsplash-scaled.jpg)
African pygmy hedgehog
Atelerix albiventris
![](https://www.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Erizo_moruno_Atelerix_algirus.jpg)
North African hedgehog
Atelerix algirus
![](https://www.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Hedgehogright.jpg)
South African hedgehog
Atelerix frontalis
![](https://www.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Atelerix_sclateri.jpg)
Somali hedgehog
Atelerix sclateri
![](https://www.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Erinaceus_amurensis.jpg)
Amur hedgehog
Erinaceus amurensis
![](https://www.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/2008_Hedgehog_1020932-scaled.jpg)
Southern white-breasted hedgehog
Erinaceus concolor
![](https://www.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Erinaceus_europaeus_Linnaeus_1758.jpg)
European hedgehog
Erinaceus europaeus
![](https://www.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Erinaceus_roumanicus_2020_G2-scaled.jpg)
Northern white-breasted hedgehog
Erinaceus roumanicus
![](https://www.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Long_Eared_hedgehog.jpg)
Egyptian long-eared hedgehog
Hemiechinus auritus
![](https://www.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Brandts_Hedgehog.jpg)
Indian long-eared hedgehog
Hemiechinus collaris
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Mesechinus-dauuricus.png)
Daurian hedgehog
Mesechinus dauuricus
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Mesechinus-hughi.jpeg)
Hugh’s hedgehog
Mesechinus hughi
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Mesechinus-miodon.jpg)
Small-toothed forest hedgehog
Mesechinus miodon
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Mesechinus-wangi.jpg)
Gaoligong forest hedgehog
Mesechinus wangi
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Mesechinus-orientalis.jpg)
Eastern forest hedgehog
Mesechinus orientalis
![](https://www.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Desert_Hedgehog.png)
Desert hedgehog
Paraechinus aethiopicus
![](https://www.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Brandts-Hedgehog.jpg)
Brandt’s hedgehog
Paraechinus hypomelas
![](https://www.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/D6X3WP-scaled.jpg)
Indian hedgehog
Paraechinus micropus
![](https://www.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/The_bare-bellied_hedgehog_Paraechinus_nudiventris-1-scaled-e1670022651189.jpg)
Bare-bellied hedgehog
Paraechinus nudiventris
Gymnures
Gymnures are closely related to hedgehogs: they both belong to the same hedgehog family ‘Erinaceidae’, but gymnures belong to the subfamily ‘Galericinae’. This subfamily contains six genera containing a total of fifteen species. All types are listed below.
![](https://www.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Haarigel_Echinosorex_gymnura-scaled.jpg)
Moonrat
Echinosorex gymnura
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Hylomys-dorsalis.jpg)
Bornean short-tailed gymnure
Hylomys dorsalis
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Hylomys-macarong.jpg)
Dalat gymnure
Hylomys macarong
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Hylomys-maxi.jpg)
Max’s short-tailed gymnure
Hylomys maxi
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Hylomys-parvus.jpg)
Dwarf gymnure
Hylomys parvus
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Hylomys-peguensis.jpg)
Northern short-tailed gymnure
Hylomys peguensis
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Hylomys-suillus.jpg)
Javan short-tailed gymnure
Hylomys suillus
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Hylomys-vorax.jpg)
Leuser gymnure
Hylomys vorax
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Neohylomys-hainanensis.jpg)
Hainan gymnure
Neohylomys hainanensis
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Neotetracus-sinensis.jpg)
Shrew gymnure
Neotetracus sinensis
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Otohylomys-megalotis.png)
Long-eared gymnure
Otohylomys megalotis
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Podogymnura-aureospinula.jpg)
Dinagat gymnure
Podogymnura aureospinula
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Podogymnura-intermedia.png)
Eastern Mindanao gymnure
Podogymnura intermedia
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Podogymnura-minima.jpg)
Kitanglad gymnure
Podogymnura minima
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Podogymnura-truei.jpg)
Mindanao gymnure
Podogymnura truei
Tenrecs
Tenrecs are small mammals from the family ‘Tenrecidae’. Although they may look very similar to some species of hedgehogs and gymnures, they are unrelated. Through a form of ‘convergent evolution’ these animals may look alike and have similar habitats and needs in captivity. The family has three subfamilies. Below are all types, 30 in total.
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Geogale-aurita.jpg)
Large-eared tenrec
Geogale aurita
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Microgale-brevicaudata.jpg)
Short-tailed shrew tenrec
Microgale brevicaudata
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Microgale-cowani.jpg)
Cowan’s shrew tenrec
Microgale cowani
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Microgale-drouhardi.jpg)
Drouhard’s shrew tenrec
Microgale drouhardi
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Microgale-dryas.jpg)
Dryad shrew tenrec
Microgale dryas
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Microgale-fotsifotsy.jpg)
Pale shrew tenrec
Microgale fotsifotsy
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Microgale-gracilis.jpg)
Gracile shrew tenrec
Microgale gracilis
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Microgale-grandidieri.jpg)
Grandidier’s shrew tenrec
Microgale grandidieri
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Microgale-gymnorhyncha.webp)
Naked-nosed shrew tenrec
Microgale gymnorhyncha
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Microgale-jenkinsae.webp)
Jenkins’s shrew tenrec
Microgale jenkinsae
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Microgale-jobihely.jpeg)
Northern shrew tenrec
Microgale jobihely
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Microgale-longicaudata.webp)
Lesser long-tailed shrew tenrec
Microgale longicaudata
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Microgale-majori.webp)
Major’s long-tailed tenrec
Microgale majori
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Microgale-mergulus.webp)
Web-footed tenrec
Microgale mergulus
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Microgale-monticola.jpg)
Montane shrew tenrec
Microgale monticola
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Microgale-nasoloi.png)
Nasolo’s shrew tenrec
Microgale nasoloi
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Microgale-parvula.jpg)
Pygmy shrew tenrec
Microgale parvula
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Microgale-principula.png)
Greater long-tailed shrew tenrec
Microgale principula
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Microgale-pusilla.jpg)
Least shrew tenrec
Microgale pusilla
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Microgale-soricoides.jpg)
Shrew-toothed shrew tenrec
Microgale soricoides
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Microgale-taiva.webp)
Taiva shrew tenrec
Microgale taiva
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Microgale-thomasi.jpg)
Thomas’s shrew tenrec
Microgale thomasi
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Nesogale-dobsoni.jpg)
Dobson’s shrew tenrec
Nesogale dobsoni
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Nesogale-talazaci.webp)
Talazac’s shrew tenrec
Nesogale talazaci
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Oryzorictes-hova.jpg)
Mole-like rice tenrec
Oryzorictes hova
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Oryzoryctes-tetradactylus.jpg)
Four-toed rice tenrec
Oryzorictes tetradactylus
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/06/Echinops_telfairi_Plzen_zoo_02.2011.jpg)
Lesser hedgehog tenrec
Echinops telfairi
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Hemicentetes-nigriceps.jpg)
Highland streaked tenrec
Hemicentetes nigriceps
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/04/Lowland_Streaked_Tenrec_Mantadia_Madagascar-1.jpg)
Lowland streaked tenrec
Hemicentetes semispinosus
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Setifer-setosus-scaled.jpg)
Greater hedgehog tenrec
Setifer setosus
![](https://nederlands.hedgehogprogram.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Tanrek.jpg)
Common tenrec
Tenrec ecaudatus