Ceylon-olive vs Four-toed Hedgehog

Elaeocarpus serratus compared with Atelerix albiventris

Key Differences

• Ceylon-olive is Not Evaluated while Four-toed Hedgehog is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ceylon-olive	Four-toed Hedgehog
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Oxalidales (Oxalidales)	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)
Family	Elaeocarpaceae	Erinaceidae
Genus	Elaeocarpus	Atelerix
Species	Elaeocarpus serratus	Atelerix albiventris

Conservation Status

Ceylon-olive

NE — Not Evaluated

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ceylon-olive	Four-toed Hedgehog
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ceylon-olive

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Mauritius, and Taiwan.

Four-toed Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Ecuador and Spain.

Ceylon-olive

The Ceylon-Olive (Elaeocarpus serratus) is a species in the genus Elaeocarpus. Distributed across Brazil, Mauritius, and Taiwan.