Cuckoo-Bread vs Long-eared Hedgehog

Oxalis acetosella compared with Hemiechinus auritus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cuckoo-Bread	Long-eared 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	Hemiechinus
Species	Oxalis acetosella	Hemiechinus auritus

Conservation Status

Cuckoo-Bread

LC — Least Concern

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cuckoo-Bread	Long-eared 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).

Long-eared Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Cyprus, Spain, and Ukraine.