During hibernation, a hedgehog's body temperature drops to about 5.5 degrees C. Its heart beats between 2 and 6 times a minute and it only takes from 1-3 breaths per minute.
However the mammal with the lowest body temperature during hiberantion is the hamster with a body temperature of 3.5 degrees C.
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