Asian Bittersweet vs Long-eared Hedgehog

Celastrus orbiculatus compared with Hemiechinus auritus

Key Differences

• Asian Bittersweet is Not Evaluated while Long-eared Hedgehog is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asian Bittersweet	Long-eared Hedgehog
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Celastrales (Celastrales)	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)
Family	Celastraceae	Erinaceidae
Genus	Celastrus	Hemiechinus
Species	Celastrus orbiculatus	Hemiechinus auritus

Conservation Status

Asian Bittersweet

NE — Not Evaluated

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Asian Bittersweet	Long-eared Hedgehog
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asian Bittersweet

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found across Europe (7 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).

Long-eared Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Cyprus, Spain, and Ukraine.

Asian Bittersweet

Asian bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus) is a species in the genus Celastrus. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.