Table 2.

Comparative study of Potentially Toxic Element (PTE) concentrations in liver and kidney of European hedgehogs and European badgers in Europe

Sp.	Site	n		Liver					Kidney					Ref.
				Zn	Hg	Cd	Pb	As	Zn	Hg	Cd	Pb	As
European hedgehog	Galicia, Spain	43	dw	238.6	4.35	1.53	1.66	0.194	89.8	15.53	5.89	0.673	0.204	Present study
	Doñana, Spain	5	ww	52.14	0.41	0.54	1.46							Hernández et al. (1985)
	Urbino-Pesaro, Italy	n<5	ww		0.06	0.34	0.79							Alleva et al. (2006)
	Flanders, Belgium	n>43	dw	371		13.39	10.9	0.69	135		45.17	5.2	0.58	D'Havé et al. (2006)
	Joensuu, Finland	n>58	dw	228.97		1.81	1.03	0.45	103.22		5.74	0.95	0.47	Rautio et al. (2010)
	Portugal	45	dw			1.57		0.13						Jota Baptista et al. (2023)
Eurasian badger	Galicia, Spain	20	dw	178.3	0.767	4.70	0.308	0.138	164.0	1.16	7.61	0.448	0.081	Present study
	The Netherlands	83	dw						96.75-157		4.90-203	1.41-3.72		Van Den Brink and Ma (1998)
	Urbino-Pesaro, Italy	n<5	ww		0.18	0.67	0.40							Alleva et al. (2006)
	Doñana, Spain	1	dw	144.3	0.090	0.017	0.460	nd						Millán et al. (2008)
	Croatia	3	ww		0.037	0.537	0.106	0.033		0.084	3.05	0.156	0.012	Bilandžić et al. (2012)
	Czech Republic	1	ww	36.20	0.49	1.09	2.98	0.07	28.30	0.67	2.06	1.69	0.02	Bukovjan et al. (2014)
	Croatia	29	ww			0.395	0.197				3.046	0.190		Ozimec et al. (2015)
	Croatia	29			0.140					0.183				Ozimec et al. (2017)
	Norway	8	ww	31.63	0.047	1.19	0.243	0.010						Heimstad et al. (2019)
	Poland	5	dw		0.404					0.948				Kalisinska et al. (2021)
	Northern Ireland	56	dw	113.4			1.21	1.2	83.08			1.47	1.2	Mullineaux et al. (2021)

nd no detected

Data are expressed in mg kg^-1