Chinese-pepper vs Long-eared Hedgehog

Zanthoxylum simulans compared with Hemiechinus auritus

Key Differences

• Chinese-pepper is Not Evaluated while Long-eared Hedgehog is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese-pepper	Long-eared Hedgehog
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)
Family	Rutaceae	Erinaceidae
Genus	Zanthoxylum	Hemiechinus
Species	Zanthoxylum simulans	Hemiechinus auritus

Conservation Status

Chinese-pepper

NE — Not Evaluated

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese-pepper

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Taiwan and United States.

Long-eared Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Cyprus, Spain, and Ukraine.

Chinese-pepper

The Chinese-pepper (Zanthoxylum simulans) is a species in the genus Zanthoxylum. Distributed across Taiwan and United States.