Bare-bellied Hedgehog vs River Maple

Paraechinus nudiventris compared with Acer saccharinum

Key Differences

• Bare-bellied Hedgehog is Least Concern while River Maple is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bare-bellied Hedgehog	River Maple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Sapindaceae
Genus	Paraechinus	Acer
Species	Paraechinus nudiventris	Acer saccharinum

Conservation Status

Bare-bellied Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

River Maple

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bare-bellied Hedgehog	River Maple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bare-bellied Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

River Maple

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria), Asia (Armenia), Europe (19 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil, Ecuador).

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.