Chinese wingnut vs Four-toed Hedgehog

Pterocarya stenoptera compared with Atelerix albiventris

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese wingnut	Four-toed Hedgehog
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fagales (Beeches & Oaks)	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)
Family	Juglandaceae	Erinaceidae
Genus	Pterocarya	Atelerix
Species	Pterocarya stenoptera	Atelerix albiventris

Conservation Status

Chinese wingnut

LC — Least Concern

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese wingnut	Four-toed Hedgehog
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese wingnut

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (India, Japan, Taiwan), Europe (Spain), and North America (United States).

Four-toed Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Ecuador and Spain.

Chinese wingnut

The Chinese Wingnut (Pterocarya stenoptera) is a species in the genus Pterocarya. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Native to India, Japan, South Africa, Spain, and Taiwan.