Atelerix albiventris

ON EXHIBIT:  Classroom and Encounter Animal

FUN FACTS
African pygmy hedgehogs can detect prey two inches or more underground and can consume one-third of their body weight in food each night.  They have an interesting defensive mechanism and produce frothy saliva that they spread on the quills of their flanks when they sense danger. 

CONSERVATION
IUCN lists African pygmy hedgehogs as Least Concern with a stable population.