Dog-Strangling Vine vs Four-toed Hedgehog

Vincetoxicum rossicum compared with Atelerix albiventris

Key Differences

• Dog-Strangling Vine is Not Evaluated while Four-toed Hedgehog is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dog-Strangling Vine	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	Vincetoxicum	Atelerix
Species	Vincetoxicum rossicum	Atelerix albiventris

Conservation Status

Dog-Strangling Vine

NE — Not Evaluated

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dog-Strangling Vine	Four-toed Hedgehog
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dog-Strangling Vine

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Four-toed Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Ecuador and Spain.