Bed-jacket vs Long-eared Hedgehog

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Hemiechinus auritus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Bed-jacket Long-eared Hedgehog
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Sapindales (Sapindales) Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)
Family Sapindaceae Erinaceidae
Genus Alectryon Hemiechinus
Species Alectryon tomentosus Hemiechinus auritus

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Bed-jacket Long-eared Hedgehog
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

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

Long-eared Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Cyprus, Spain, and Ukraine.

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Long-eared Hedgehog

No description available.

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