Eastern forest hedgehogs also boast the shortest spines of any species in the genus. Their black-tipped spines are a mere 1.8 to 2 centimeters long, about a half-centimeter shorter than M. hughi ...

Hylomys macarong. The furry member of the hedgehog family pictured above is endemic to Vietnam. Hylomys macarong may look innocuous, but its name macarong means vampire in Vietnamese. It got its ...

Weighing just under 340 grams and measuring 18.8 centimetres long, on average, M. orientalis is slightly smaller than the other known hedgehogs in its genus. Like other hedgehogs, M. orientalis is ...

Vampire hedgehogs, pirate spiders and fishy fungi - the strangest new species of 2024. 29 December 2024. Share Save. ... There are 800 described mushroom species in the Russula genus ...

A vampire hedgehog, a pygmy pipehorse and a "blob-headed" fish were among the hundreds of new species identified in 2024. The variety of species identified was quite eclectic and names for the new ...

Hylomys suillus is a soft-furred hedgehog of the same genus as the discovered species (Image credit: feathercollector / Getty Images) Five new species of hedgehogs were identified in Southeast ...

Life ‘Vampire’ hedgehog among 234 new species identified in Asia. The Greater Mekong region of Asia hosts a wealth of rare and unstudied species – 173 new species of plants, 26 reptiles, 17 ...