New Zealand Mammals

11002-13101 European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) an unusual pink-nosed female foraging in vegetable garden. This seemingly innocuous introduced 'insectivore' poses the greatest predation risk to native species in places like the Mackenzie Basin where more than 50% of all nests of ground-nesting birds - stilts, dotterels, black-billed gulls, black-fronted terns and pipits - are being lost to hedgehog predation. In addition, they target native reptiles such as skinks and invertebrates such as beetles, grasshoppers and weta. Karitane *

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11002-13101 European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) an unusual pink-nosed female foraging in vegetable garden. This seemingly innocuous introduced 'insectivore' poses the greatest predation risk to native species in places like the Mackenzie Basin where more than 50% of all nests of ground-nesting birds - stilts, dotterels, black-billed gulls, black-fronted terns and pipits - are being lost to hedgehog predation. In addition, they target native reptiles such as skinks and invertebrates such as beetles, grasshoppers and weta. Karitane *

13101 Hedgehog New Zealand mammals Erinaceus europaeus feral pest mammalian mammal introduced predator