Description
Hedgehog – Wildlife Greeting Cards
A hedgehog is any of the spiny mammals of the subfamily Erinaceinae, which is in order Erinaceomorpha. There are seventeen species of hedgehog in five genera, found through parts of Europe, Asia, Africa and New Zealand (by introduction). There are no hedgehogs native to Australia, and no living species native to the Americas. Hedgehogs share distant ancestry with shrews (family Soricidae), with gymnures possibly being the intermediate link, and have changed little over the last 15 million years. Like many of the first mammals, they have adapted to a nocturnal, insectivorous way of life. Hedgehogs’ spiny protection resembles that of the unrelated porcupines and monotreme echidnas.
The name hedgehog came into use around the year 1450, derived from the Middle English heyghoge, from heyg, hegge (“hedge”), because it frequents hedgerows, and hoge,hogge (“hog”), from its piglike snout. Other names include urchin, hedgepig and furze-pig.*
* Hedgehog Bottom – Berkshire’s Hedgehog Hospital
Details:
Card Width : 145 mm
Card Height : 145 mm
Card Stock : Brampton Mono Stucco Textured card
Card Stock Weight : 300 gsm
Packaged Card Width : 155 mm
Packaged Card Height : 150 mm
White envelope included and enclosed in a bag
Forest Stewardship Council : FSC Mix C014059 certified and FSC Mix FSC-C006629 certified
Printed in England
Blank inside
Barcoded
Recycling Information:
Card, envelope, bag are widely recyclable
Order Code: HH00-13
