Cuckoo-Bread vs Four-toed Hedgehog

Oxalis acetosella compared with Atelerix albiventris

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cuckoo-Bread	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	Oxalidaceae	Erinaceidae
Genus	Oxalis	Atelerix
Species	Oxalis acetosella	Atelerix albiventris

Conservation Status

Cuckoo-Bread

LC — Least Concern

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cuckoo-Bread	Four-toed Hedgehog
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cuckoo-Bread

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (United States).

Four-toed Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Ecuador and Spain.