cross-leaved heath vs Four-toed Hedgehog

Erica tetralix compared with Atelerix albiventris

Key Differences

• cross-leaved heath is Near Threatened while Four-toed Hedgehog is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	cross-leaved heath	Four-toed Hedgehog
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Ericales (Ericales)	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)
Family	Ericaceae	Erinaceidae
Genus	Erica	Atelerix
Species	Erica tetralix	Atelerix albiventris

Conservation Status

cross-leaved heath

NT — Near Threatened

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	cross-leaved heath	Four-toed Hedgehog
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

cross-leaved heath

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (10 countries) and North America (Canada, United States). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Four-toed Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Ecuador and Spain.