Erect Pricklypear vs Long-eared Hedgehog

Opuntia stricta compared with Hemiechinus auritus

Key Differences

• Erect Pricklypear is Not Evaluated while Long-eared Hedgehog is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Erect Pricklypear	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	Cactaceae	Erinaceidae
Genus	Opuntia	Hemiechinus
Species	Opuntia stricta	Hemiechinus auritus

Conservation Status

Erect Pricklypear

NE — Not Evaluated

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Erect Pricklypear	Long-eared Hedgehog
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Erect Pricklypear

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (13 countries), Asia (8 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Solomon Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Long-eared Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Cyprus, Spain, and Ukraine.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇪🇸 Spain