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The first hedgehogs were introduced in the 1870s to remind settlers of their homeland. Today they are mainly found in warmer coastal areas of New Zealand.
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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Source: Carolyn M. King, ed., Handbook of New Zealand mammals. Auckland: Oxford University Press in association with the Mammal Society, New Zealand Branch, 1990
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