Daurian Hedgehog vs Rough-Fruit Amaranth

Mesechinus dauuricus compared with Amaranthus tuberculatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Daurian Hedgehog	Rough-Fruit Amaranth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Mesechinus	Amaranthus
Species	Mesechinus dauuricus	Amaranthus tuberculatus

Conservation Status

Daurian Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Rough-Fruit Amaranth

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Daurian Hedgehog	Rough-Fruit Amaranth
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Daurian Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Rough-Fruit Amaranth

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (10 countries), and North America (United States).