Australian waterbuttons vs Long-eared Hedgehog

Cotula australis compared with Hemiechinus auritus

Key Differences

• Australian waterbuttons is Not Evaluated while Long-eared Hedgehog is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Australian waterbuttons	Long-eared Hedgehog
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Erinaceidae
Genus	Cotula	Hemiechinus
Species	Cotula australis	Hemiechinus auritus

Conservation Status

Australian waterbuttons

NE — Not Evaluated

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Australian waterbuttons	Long-eared Hedgehog
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Australian waterbuttons

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including flooded grasslands and savannas, deserts and xeric shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar, South Africa), Asia (4 countries), Europe (10 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), and South America (6 countries).

Long-eared Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Cyprus, Spain, and Ukraine.

Australian waterbuttons

The Australian waterbuttons (Cotula australis) is a species in the genus Cotula. Found across multiple habitat types including flooded grasslands and savannas, deserts and xeric shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇪🇸 Spain