vs Long-eared Hedgehog

Buellia ocellata compared with Hemiechinus auritus

Key Differences

• is Near Threatened while Long-eared Hedgehog is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Long-eared Hedgehog
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caliciales (Caliciales)	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)
Family	Caliciaceae	Erinaceidae
Genus	Buellia	Hemiechinus
Species	Buellia ocellata	Hemiechinus auritus

Conservation Status

NT — Near Threatened

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Long-eared Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Cyprus, Spain, and Ukraine.

Buellia ocellata is a crustose lichen with a pale grey to white areolate thallus bearing dark lecideine apothecia surrounded by a paler excipular ring. It inhabits exposed bark of old deciduous trees and smooth-barked conifers in temperate European woodlands. This lichen is sensitive to air quality changes and associated with veteran trees in ancient woodland.