A Hedgehog By Any Other Name...

Hedgehog in Other Languages compiled from various sources and friends across the web. If you have any additions or corrections for this list, please contact us.

African: krimpvarkie Albanian:  iriqi Anglosaxon: igil or il Arabic: qunfud Bengali: kata chua (spikey mouse) Chinese: ci-wei (needle animal) Cornish: sort Czech language: jezek Danish: pindsvin Dutch: egel English: hedgehog, hedge-pig, herichun, urchin Esperanto:  erinaco Finnish: siili French: herisson Gaelic: crainneag German: igel Greek: skatzochoiros Hebrew: kipod Hindi: aik parkar ka jangli chuha ("a spikey sort of mouse") Hungarian: sün, süni, sündisznó Irish: grainneog Italian: riccio Japanese: hejjihoggu or harinezumi Latin: erinaceus Maltese: Qanfud Mandarin Chinese: Cìweì Norwegian: piggsvin Persian: kharpusht Polish: jez Portugese: ourico Punjabi: kanderala ("thorned animal") Romany:  Arichi Russian: ezh Spanish: erizo Swedish: igelkott Welsh: draenog