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Despite popular belief (due to their spiny backs, which are actually hollow hairs made stiff with keratin), hedgehogs are not related to porcupines (a rodent, whose quills come off upon contact, unlike the hedgehog) or echidnas (a monotreme).

Instead, hedgehogs belong to the order Erinaceomorpha and are related to moles and shrews.

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