Ascending Grapefern vs Bare-bellied Hedgehog

Botrychium ascendens compared with Paraechinus nudiventris

Key Differences

• Ascending Grapefern is Not Evaluated while Bare-bellied Hedgehog is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ascending Grapefern	Bare-bellied Hedgehog
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)
Family	Ophioglossaceae	Erinaceidae
Genus	Botrychium	Paraechinus
Species	Botrychium ascendens	Paraechinus nudiventris

Conservation Status

Ascending Grapefern

NE — Not Evaluated

Bare-bellied Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ascending Grapefern	Bare-bellied Hedgehog
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ascending Grapefern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Norway, and United States.

Bare-bellied Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ascending Grapefern

Ascending grapefern (Botrychium ascendens) is a species in the genus Botrychium. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

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.