How many quills do hedgehogs have?

Your question is interesting because the difference between a porcupine quill and a hedgehog spine is vast. A porcupine and a hedgehog are not even the same order. A hedgehog is of the order Erinaceomorpha. A porcupine is of the order Rodentia. read more

I have been pricked by my hedgehog countless times and truthfully it does not hurt unless he purposefully jumps or twitches as an act of aggression. Hedhehogs use their quills by tensing their skin or by balling up tight and waiting for the aggressor to advance and touch the spikes. read more

Hedgehogs are easily recognized by their spines, which are hollow hairs made stiff with keratin. Their spines are not poisonous or barbed and unlike the quills of a porcupine, do not easily detach from their bodies. read more

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 way of life. read more

Hedgehogs are easily recognized by their spines, which are hollow hairs made stiff with keratin. Their spines are not poisonous or barbed and unlike the quills of a porcupine, do not easily detach from their bodies. Hedgehogs have about 5000 spines. Each spine lasts about a year then drops out and a replacement grows. read more

Your question is interesting because the difference between a porcupine quill and a hedgehog spine is vast. A porcupine and a hedgehog are not even the same order. A hedgehog is of the order Erinaceomorpha. read more