Bare-bellied Hedgehog vs mountain thistle

Paraechinus nudiventris compared with Acanthus montanus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bare-bellied Hedgehog	mountain thistle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Acanthaceae
Genus	Paraechinus	Acanthus
Species	Paraechinus nudiventris	Acanthus montanus

Conservation Status

Bare-bellied Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

mountain thistle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bare-bellied Hedgehog	mountain thistle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bare-bellied Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

mountain thistle

Habitat

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

Range

Found in India.

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.