Boccone's sandspurry vs Four-toed Hedgehog

Spergularia bocconei compared with Atelerix albiventris

Key Differences

• Boccone's sandspurry is Not Evaluated while Four-toed Hedgehog is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Boccone's sandspurry	Four-toed Hedgehog
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)
Family	Caryophyllaceae	Erinaceidae
Genus	Spergularia	Atelerix
Species	Spergularia bocconei	Atelerix albiventris

Conservation Status

Boccone's sandspurry

NE — Not Evaluated

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Boccone's sandspurry	Four-toed Hedgehog
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Boccone's sandspurry

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Chile).

Four-toed Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Ecuador and Spain.

Boccone's sandspurry

The Boccone's sandspurry (Spergularia bocconei) is a species in the genus Spergularia. Native to Belgium, Chile, Denmark, Portugal, Sweden.