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Home Forums Hedgehog signs and sightings More than one? Reply To: More than one?

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Nic

Hi Dengen

I can’t be 100% certain with only those images because, for instance, the one on the right might have more light on it, etc. But on initial view they do look like different hogs, but you really need more views to be certain.

I wrote a few notes a while back to help with identifying the hogs which you might find helps in telling them apart: https://www.hedgehogstreet.org/forums/topic/identifying-hedgehogs-from-their-natural-markings/

The reason I think they may be different, is the darker marking round the eye on the left hand one seems to go downwards as well as towards the nose. Whereas the one on the right the marks seem to go more neatly down towards the nose. The left hand one also seems to have a pale sort of crescent shape (turned round a bit) on the forehead with a darker triangle coming from it. But, as mentioned, it could be just the effect of lighting with it being only one ‘still’ image of each. But might be things you could look out for when comparing hog images.

Good luck and happy hog watching!

p.s. Re. posting photos here, you can only do it by adding a link if they are already somewhere on the internet. But you can put them in the photo gallery accessed via the home page.

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