Bare-bellied Hedgehog vs Cushion Calamint

Paraechinus nudiventris compared with Clinopodium vulgare

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bare-bellied Hedgehog	Cushion Calamint
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Paraechinus	Clinopodium
Species	Paraechinus nudiventris	Clinopodium vulgare

Conservation Status

Bare-bellied Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Cushion Calamint

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bare-bellied Hedgehog	Cushion Calamint
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bare-bellied Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cushion Calamint

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).

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.