Bergamot Mint vs Long-eared Hedgehog

Mentha aquatica compared with Hemiechinus auritus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergamot Mint	Long-eared Hedgehog
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)
Family	Lamiaceae	Erinaceidae
Genus	Mentha	Hemiechinus
Species	Mentha aquatica	Hemiechinus auritus

Conservation Status

Bergamot Mint

LC — Least Concern

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergamot Mint	Long-eared Hedgehog
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergamot Mint

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India, Japan), Europe (7 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Chile).

Long-eared Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Cyprus, Spain, and Ukraine.

Bergamot Mint

The Bergamot Mint (Mentha aquatica) is a species in the genus Mentha. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotrop