Brandts Hedgehog
- persian name kharposht
- English name Brandts Hedgehog
- Scientific name Paraechinus hyponelas
- Family Erinaceidae
- Morphology Its ears are longer than its spines, it is almost totally black in color, and there is a naked patch on the forehead. The length of the body is 140 to 270 centimeters. The spines are 38 mm.
- Ethology This creature lives in gardens and bushes, and its distribution in Iran is in most desert and Baluchi steppes.
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