Bare-bellied Hedgehog vs Laurustinus

Paraechinus nudiventris compared with Viburnum tinus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bare-bellied Hedgehog	Laurustinus
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Dipsacales (Dipsacales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Viburnaceae
Genus	Paraechinus	Viburnum
Species	Paraechinus nudiventris	Viburnum tinus

Conservation Status

Bare-bellied Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Laurustinus

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bare-bellied Hedgehog	Laurustinus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bare-bellied Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Laurustinus

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (8 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.