Abundance: 0.01 to 5.78% (median 0.26%)

Latitudinal range: 15.4° to 55.7°

Habitats: (27), Mediterranean woodland (1), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (5)

Found in 33 samples

Bulgaria: Osogovo Mountain (Natura 2000 study), Osogovo Mountain (opportunistic study)

China: Kumkol Basin (IVPP KMKL2013030901) (Middle Miocene)

Denmark: Smakkerup Huse (Holocene)

France: Coudoulous I (Faunal Unit III) (Middle Pleistocene), Coudoulous I (Faunal Units IV and V) (Middle Pleistocene)

Germany: Ahltener Wald (month 6)

Greece: Silata (Early Pliocene)

India: Charnel House Cave (MIS 5) (Late Pleistocene), Cathedral Cave (MIS 5) (Late Pleistocene)

Iran: Wezmeh Cave (Late Pleistocene)

Iraq: Palegawra Cave (Late Pleistocene)

Israel: Motza (Early PPNB) (Holocene), Motza (Middle PPNB) (Holocene), Tel Ro'im West (Late PPNB) (Holocene), Yiftah'el (Holocene)

Italy: San Teodoro Cave (Unit B-I) (Late Pleistocene), San Teodoro Cave (Unit B-II) (Late Pleistocene), Rivoli Veronese (Early Pleistocene), Grotta Cucgiliana (Late Pleistocene)

Lebanon: Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve (spring)

Morocco: Ahl al Oughlam (Early Pleistocene)

North Korea: Chongphadae Cave (Late Pleistocene)

Russia: Mezmaiskaya Cave (Layer 2A) (Late Pleistocene)

Spain: Sima del Elefante (TE19) (Middle Pleistocene), Sima del Elefante (TE18) (Middle Pleistocene), Cueva de Nerja (Last Glacial Maximum) (Late Pleistocene), Punta Lucero III (Level F) (Holocene), Can Roqueta II (Holocene)

Switzerland: Zurich (movement photos)

Turkey: Calta (Early Pliocene), Koycegiz Wildlife Development Reserve

Ukraine: Grot Skeliastyi (III-1) (Holocene)

See also Erinaceus concolor, Erinaceus davidi, Erinaceus europaeus, Erinaceus mongolicus, Erinaceus roumanicus, Erinaceus sp.