There are so many hedgehog colors that it can be hard to know where to start! Learn about the different types of colors and classes in our simple guide. The eight common hedgehog color categories include salt and pepper, white-bellied, white, snowflake, Algerian, black, pinto, and albino hedgehogs. From jet black to pure white, there's a hedgehog for everyone.
But what do all of those colors mean? And why do hedgehogs change color anyway? This guide will answer all of your questions about hedgehog colors and explain what each one means. Before we start to show you our hedgehog COLORS we would like to discuss the complex issue of hedgehog color classification. During the relatively short period of time that hedgehogs have been kept as pets, many groups and individuals have endeavored to formally classify all of these colors.
USDA Licensed Hedgehog Breeder Since 2011Quill color: Banding is average-wide and is tan or very light pale brown color. Body color: skin is typically nude or white and belly may be mottled tan or pale brown. Facial color: Tan or very pale brown but may have a brown or grey hue.
Eye color: Black **Note: Dilute is a gene mutation rather than a true color. Some breeders refer to this color as. *Hedgehogs can only be accurately identified on the color spectrum when they are full grown (around 6 months).
Originally White Bellied and Algerian distinctions were actual color differences, back when the two species had not been as hybridized. It was visible in things like the white on the quills (whether it was a true white or more of a cream), mottling on the underside, some variations in. HEDGEHOGS COME IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT COLORS, PATTERNS AND MASKS, BELOW IS A GUIDE TO IDENTIFYING YOUR HEDGEHOG'S COLOR! *PLEASE NOTE, THERE TEND TO BE DIFFERENT NAMES FOR THE SAME COLOR.
Pygmy hedgehogs, having been domesticated for several decades now, come in a whole range of different colours and patterns, some more common than others, and ranging all the way to the pink eyed, pure white albino to the dark Algerian black and everything in between. I've made this simple guide to help with identification. A guide to hedgehog colors, quill patterns, and facial markings.
Hedgehog Color Chart Using this chart is easy. The left vertical column has the colors. The top horizontal column has the characteristics.
All you have to do is match them. There are 4 charts. Each one seperates the different color categories and has an explanation for each.
In order they are dominant colors (including albino), snowflake colors, white colors, and Algerian colors. Pinto is a. The following are the colors as recognized by the International Hedgehog Association.
For images of the hedgehog colors please vist the IHA's Colour Guide or the color guide on Hedgehog Central.