Bare-bellied Hedgehog vs Al nimr

Paraechinus nudiventris compared with Panthera pardus

Key Differences

• Bare-bellied Hedgehog is Least Concern while Al nimr is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bare-bellied Hedgehog	Al nimr
Kingdom same	Animalia (حيوانات)	Animalia (حيوانات)
Phylum same	Chordata (حبليات)	Chordata (حبليات)
Class same	Mammalia (ثدييات)	Mammalia (ثدييات)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Carnivora (لواحم)
Family	Erinaceidae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Paraechinus	Panthera (Big Cats)
Species	Paraechinus nudiventris	Panthera pardus

Evolutionary Relationship

Bare-bellied Hedgehog and Al nimr share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (ثدييات)

Conservation Status

Bare-bellied Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Al nimr

VU — Vulnerable

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bare-bellied Hedgehog	Al nimr
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	15 years
Average Length	—	1.9 m
Average Weight	—	60.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bare-bellied Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Al nimr

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 9 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across China, India, Kenya, South Africa, and Tanzania. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Bare-bellied Hedgehog

The Bare-bellied Hedgehog (Paraechinus nudiventris) is a species in the genus Paraechinus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Al nimr

Highly adaptable big cat with the widest geographic range of any felid, found across Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia in habitats from rainforest to desert. Solitary and largely nocturnal, leopards are powerful climbers that cache prey in trees. Melanistic individuals — black panthers — are common in dense forest populations. Listed as Vulnerable globally.