Abstract
We present a genome assembly from an individual female Erinaceus europaeus (the western European hedgehog; Chordata; Mammalia; Eulipotyphla; Erinaceidae). The genome sequence spans 2,720.70 megabases. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 24 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the X sex chromosome. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled and is 17.43 kilobases in length.