Bare-bellied Hedgehog vs Floating Fern

Paraechinus nudiventris compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• Bare-bellied Hedgehog is Least Concern while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bare-bellied Hedgehog	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Paraechinus	Salvinia
Species	Paraechinus nudiventris	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Bare-bellied Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bare-bellied Hedgehog	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bare-bellied Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Floating Fern

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.