Deviltree vs Four-toed Hedgehog

Alstonia macrophylla compared with Atelerix albiventris

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Deviltree Four-toed Hedgehog
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Gentianales (Gentianales) Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)
Family Apocynaceae Erinaceidae
Genus Alstonia Atelerix
Species Alstonia macrophylla Atelerix albiventris

Conservation Status

Deviltree

LC — Least Concern

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Deviltree Four-toed Hedgehog
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Deviltree

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.

Four-toed Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Ecuador and Spain.

Deviltree

No description available.

Four-toed Hedgehog

No description available.

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