Bare-bellied Hedgehog vs Silkrubber

Paraechinus nudiventris compared with Funtumia elastica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bare-bellied Hedgehog	Silkrubber
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Paraechinus	Funtumia
Species	Paraechinus nudiventris	Funtumia elastica

Conservation Status

Bare-bellied Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Silkrubber

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bare-bellied Hedgehog	Silkrubber
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bare-bellied Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Silkrubber

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon, Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, and Seychelles.

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.