February 2nd is Hedgehog 🦔 Day
A hedgehog is any of the spiny mammals of the subfamily Erinaceinae, in the eulipotyphlan family Erinaceidae. There are seventeen species of hedgehog in five genera found through parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa, and in New Zealand by introduction. There are no hedgehogs native to Australia and no living species native to the Americas (the extinct genus Amphechinus was once present in North America).
Hedgehogs share distant ancestry with shrews (family Soricidae), with gymnures possibly being the intermediate link, and they have changed little over the last 15 million years. Like many of the first mammals, they have adapted to a nocturnal way of life. Their spiny protection resembles that of the unrelated porcupines, which are rodents, and echidnas, a type of monotreme.
Source: Hedgehog - Wikipedia
See also: Hedgehog Central
Every February 2nd :
- California Kiwifruit 🥝 Day
- Candlemas
- Crêpe 🥞 Day (aka La Chandeleur)
- Groundhog Day
- Groundhog Job Shadow Day
- Heavenly Hash Day
- Lung 🫁 Leavin' Day
- Marmot Day
- Self Renewal Day
- Sled 🛷 Dog Day
- Tater Tot Day
- World Ukulele Day
- World Wetlands Day
On the first Tuesday in February :
- African American Coaches Day
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