• It hibernates in winter.

The common long-eared hedgehog inhabits elevations up to 1.6 kilometers above sea level and is found in temperate grasslands with abundant grasses and few trees, temperate mixed forests featuring oaks, birches, and maples, flooded meadows where water frequently covers the ground, Mediterranean forests with hot, dry summers and warm, rainy winters, deserts and dry scrublands characterized by extreme heat and infrequent rainfall, as well as high mountain and tundra landscapes, deserts and semi-deserts, and terrestrial forests; the species thrives in climates ranging from cold steppes with sparse trees and grasses to hot steppes with abundant grasses, very arid conditions with rare rainfall, cold and nearly arid environments, and extremely hot and dry climates with significant temperature differences between day and night.