Bare-bellied Hedgehog vs Mexican cedar

Paraechinus nudiventris compared with Cedrela odorata

Key Differences

• Bare-bellied Hedgehog is Least Concern while Mexican cedar is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bare-bellied Hedgehog	Mexican cedar
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Meliaceae
Genus	Paraechinus	Cedrela
Species	Paraechinus nudiventris	Cedrela odorata

Conservation Status

Bare-bellied Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Mexican cedar

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bare-bellied Hedgehog	Mexican cedar
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bare-bellied Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mexican cedar

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 9 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (18 countries), Asia (Taiwan), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.