Elephant Palm vs Four-toed Hedgehog

Borassus aethiopum compared with Atelerix albiventris

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elephant Palm	Four-toed Hedgehog
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Arecales (Arecales)	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)
Family	Arecaceae	Erinaceidae
Genus	Borassus	Atelerix
Species	Borassus aethiopum	Atelerix albiventris

Conservation Status

Elephant Palm

LC — Least Concern

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elephant Palm	Four-toed Hedgehog
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elephant Palm

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Guinea and Yemen.

Four-toed Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Ecuador and Spain.