Bare-bellied Hedgehog vs Lesser Spearwort

Paraechinus nudiventris compared with Ranunculus flammula

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bare-bellied Hedgehog	Lesser Spearwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Ranunculaceae
Genus	Paraechinus	Ranunculus
Species	Paraechinus nudiventris	Ranunculus flammula

Conservation Status

Bare-bellied Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Lesser Spearwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bare-bellied Hedgehog	Lesser Spearwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bare-bellied Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lesser Spearwort

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).

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.