Few-flowered Fumitory vs Long-eared Hedgehog

Fumaria vaillantii compared with Hemiechinus auritus

Key Differences

• Few-flowered Fumitory is Critically Endangered while Long-eared Hedgehog is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Few-flowered Fumitory	Long-eared Hedgehog
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)
Family	Papaveraceae	Erinaceidae
Genus	Fumaria	Hemiechinus
Species	Fumaria vaillantii	Hemiechinus auritus

Conservation Status

Few-flowered Fumitory

CR — Critically Endangered

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Few-flowered Fumitory	Long-eared Hedgehog
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Few-flowered Fumitory

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, temperate coniferous forests, and temperate grasslands and steppes, among 4 distinct biome types within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (15 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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:

🇺🇦 Ukraine