This Chinese hedgehog is small for its genus. It is dark in color and does not have all-white spines.
It is small relative to other species in its genus and dark in color. It does not have an all-white coat of spines.
It is described mainly from semidesert settings, with records from grasslands and deciduous broad-leaved forests as well. It is not limited to a single landscape type.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.