Small-toothed forest hedgehog

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| genus = Mesechinus

| species = miodon

| authority = (Thomas, 1908)

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The small-toothed forest hedgehog (Mesechinus miodon) is a species of hedgehog in the genus Mesechinus. It is native to China. For a long time it was considered a subspecies of the Daurian hedgehog or the Hugh's hedgehog.{{Cite journal|last1=Ai|first1=Huai-Sen|last2=He|first2=Kai|last3=Chen|first3=Zhong-Zheng|last4=Li|first4=Jia-Qi|last5=Wan|first5=Tao|last6=Li|first6=Quan|last7=Nie|first7=Wen-Hui|last8=Wang|first8=Jin-Huan|last9=Su|first9=Wei-Ting|last10=Jiang|first10=Xue-Long|date=2018-09-18|title=Taxonomic revision of the genus Mesechinus (Mammalia: Erinaceidae) with description of a new species|journal=Zoological Research |language=en|volume=39|issue=5|pages=335–347|doi=10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2018.034|issn=2095-8137|pmc=6102679|pmid=29695683}} The habitat of Mesechinus miodon is dry and desert-like. They feed on various species of beetles and hibernate in late October.{{cite book|author=Don E. Wilson |author2= Russell A. Mittermeier|year= 2018|series=Handbook of the Mammals of the World|volume=8|title=Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos|chapter=Family Erinaceidae (Hedgehogs and Gymnures) |isbn=978-84-16728-08-4|pages=288–330 (S. 326-327)}}