Forked chickweed vs Four-toed Hedgehog

Cerastium dichotomum compared with Atelerix albiventris

Key Differences

• Forked chickweed is Not Evaluated while Four-toed Hedgehog is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Forked chickweed	Four-toed Hedgehog
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)
Family	Caryophyllaceae	Erinaceidae
Genus	Cerastium	Atelerix
Species	Cerastium dichotomum	Atelerix albiventris

Conservation Status

Forked chickweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Forked chickweed	Four-toed Hedgehog
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Forked chickweed

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (United States).

Four-toed Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Ecuador and Spain.