Histological Characterization of the Skin of the Paraechinus Hypomelas, Brandt, 1836 (Erinaceidae: Eulipotyphla)

July 2019 in “ Folia Morphologica ”

Mohsen Akbari Bazm, Nader Goodarzi, Mohamed M. A. Abumandour, Leila Naseri, Morteza Hosseinipour

TLDR Brandt's hedgehog has thick skin on its back and many glands near its nostrils.

The study on Brandt's hedgehog (Paraechinus hypomelas) revealed that the skin thickness varied across different body regions, with the back having the thickest skin and the cloacal region the thinnest. Additionally, the nostril region was found to have a high concentration of sebaceous and sweat glands.

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