false pepperwort vs Four-toed Hedgehog

Marsilea crenata compared with Atelerix albiventris

Taxonomic Classification

Rank false pepperwort Four-toed Hedgehog
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Tracheophyta Chordata (Chordates)
Class Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Salviniales (Salviniales) Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)
Family Marsileaceae Erinaceidae
Genus Marsilea Atelerix
Species Marsilea crenata Atelerix albiventris

Conservation Status

false pepperwort

LC — Least Concern

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute false pepperwort Four-toed Hedgehog
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

false pepperwort

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Indonesia.

Four-toed Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Ecuador and Spain.

false pepperwort

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Four-toed Hedgehog

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