Curled Dock vs Long-eared Hedgehog

Rumex crispus compared with Hemiechinus auritus

Key Differences

• Curled Dock is Not Evaluated while Long-eared Hedgehog is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Curled Dock	Long-eared Hedgehog
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)
Family	Polygonaceae	Erinaceidae
Genus	Rumex	Hemiechinus
Species	Rumex crispus	Hemiechinus auritus

Conservation Status

Curled Dock

NE — Not Evaluated

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Curled Dock	Long-eared Hedgehog
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Curled Dock

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (8 countries), Europe (7 countries), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea), and South America (7 countries).

Long-eared Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Cyprus, Spain, and Ukraine.