Asian marshweed vs Long-eared Hedgehog

Limnophila sessiliflora compared with Hemiechinus auritus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asian marshweed	Long-eared Hedgehog
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)
Family	Plantaginaceae	Erinaceidae
Genus	Limnophila	Hemiechinus
Species	Limnophila sessiliflora	Hemiechinus auritus

Conservation Status

Asian marshweed

LC — Least Concern

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asian marshweed

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, and temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Asia (Bhutan, Singapore, Taiwan), Europe (Slovakia), and North America (United States).

Long-eared Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Cyprus, Spain, and Ukraine.

Asian marshweed

The Asian marshweed (Limnophila sessiliflora) is a species in the genus Limnophila. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, and temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan an. Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Asia (Bhutan, Singapore, Taiwan), Europe (Slovakia), and North America (United States).