Bare-bellied Hedgehog vs utile

Paraechinus nudiventris compared with Entandrophragma utile

Key Differences

• Bare-bellied Hedgehog is Least Concern while utile is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bare-bellied Hedgehog	utile
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Meliaceae
Genus	Paraechinus	Entandrophragma
Species	Paraechinus nudiventris	Entandrophragma utile

Conservation Status

Bare-bellied Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

utile

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bare-bellied Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

utile

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Guinea. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.