Calla lily vs Four-toed Hedgehog

Zantedeschia aethiopica compared with Atelerix albiventris

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Calla lily	Four-toed Hedgehog
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)
Family	Araceae	Erinaceidae
Genus	Zantedeschia	Atelerix
Species	Zantedeschia aethiopica	Atelerix albiventris

Conservation Status

Calla lily

LC — Least Concern

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Calla lily	Four-toed Hedgehog
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Calla lily

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate coniferous forests, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Neotropic and Palearctic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Burundi, Morocco), Asia (India, Taiwan, Turkey), Europe (14 countries), North America (Costa Rica, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (5 countries).

Four-toed Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Ecuador and Spain.

Calla lily

The Calla lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica) is a species in the genus Zantedeschia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate coniferous forests, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Neotropic and Palearctic realms.