Bare-bellied Hedgehog vs Prickly Coontail

Paraechinus nudiventris compared with Ceratophyllum echinatum

Key Differences

• Bare-bellied Hedgehog is Least Concern while Prickly Coontail is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bare-bellied Hedgehog	Prickly Coontail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Ceratophyllales (Ceratophyllales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Ceratophyllaceae
Genus	Paraechinus	Ceratophyllum
Species	Paraechinus nudiventris	Ceratophyllum echinatum

Conservation Status

Bare-bellied Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Coontail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bare-bellied Hedgehog	Prickly Coontail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bare-bellied Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Coontail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

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.