Bare-bellied Hedgehog vs Prickly moses

Paraechinus nudiventris compared with Acacia verticillata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bare-bellied Hedgehog	Prickly moses
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Erinaceidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Paraechinus	Acacia
Species	Paraechinus nudiventris	Acacia verticillata

Conservation Status

Bare-bellied Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Prickly moses

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bare-bellied Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly moses

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India), Europe (Portugal, Spain), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Colombia).

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.