arrowhead vs Four-toed Hedgehog

Sagittaria sagittifolia compared with Atelerix albiventris

Taxonomic Classification

Rank arrowhead Four-toed Hedgehog
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Liliopsida (Monocots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Alismatales (Alismatales) Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)
Family Alismataceae Erinaceidae
Genus Sagittaria Atelerix
Species Sagittaria sagittifolia Atelerix albiventris

Conservation Status

arrowhead

LC — Least Concern

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute arrowhead Four-toed Hedgehog
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

arrowhead

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India), Europe (7 countries), North America (Mexico), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Fiji).

Four-toed Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Ecuador and Spain.

arrowhead

The Arrowhead, Sagittaria sagittifolia, is a species. It is currently assessed as least concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Four-toed Hedgehog

No description available.

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