Hugh's hedgehog (''Mesechinus hughi''), also sometimes referred to as the central Chinese hedgehog, is native to central

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

and

Manchuria Manchuria is an exonym (derived from the endo demonym " Manchu") for a historical and geographic region in Northeast Asia encompassing the entirety of present-day Northeast China (Inner Manchuria) and parts of the Russian Far East (Outer Manc ...

. It prefers open areas of dry steppe, but can be found in shrubland and forests.Smith, A.T., Johnston, C.H. & Lunde, D. 2008. ''Mesechinus hughi''. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. . Downloaded on 21 December 2014 It is known to look for food even in daytime on rainy days.

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Hedgehogs Mammals of Asia Mammals described in 1908 Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas {{erinaceidae-stub