Bitter Dock vs Long-eared Hedgehog

Rumex obtusifolius compared with Hemiechinus auritus

Key Differences

• Bitter Dock is Not Evaluated while Long-eared Hedgehog is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bitter Dock	Long-eared Hedgehog
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)
Family	Polygonaceae	Erinaceidae
Genus	Rumex	Hemiechinus
Species	Rumex obtusifolius	Hemiechinus auritus

Conservation Status

Bitter Dock

NE — Not Evaluated

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bitter Dock	Long-eared Hedgehog
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bitter Dock

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (6 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (7 countries).

Long-eared Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Cyprus, Spain, and Ukraine.

Bitter Dock

The Bitter Dock (Rumex obtusifolius) is a species in the genus Rumex. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.