Black-Widow vs Four-toed Hedgehog

Geranium phaeum compared with Atelerix albiventris

Key Differences

• Black-Widow is Not Evaluated while Four-toed Hedgehog is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-Widow	Four-toed Hedgehog
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Geraniales (Geraniales)	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)
Family	Geraniaceae	Erinaceidae
Genus	Geranium	Atelerix
Species	Geranium phaeum	Atelerix albiventris

Conservation Status

Black-Widow

NE — Not Evaluated

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-Widow	Four-toed Hedgehog
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-Widow

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (11 countries) and North America (United States).

Four-toed Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Ecuador and Spain.

Black-Widow

The Black-Widow (Geranium phaeum) is a species in the genus Geranium. Found across Europe (11 countries) and North America (United States).