Four-toed Hedgehog vs Fox Potato

Atelerix albiventris compared with Solanum lignicaule

Key Differences

• Four-toed Hedgehog is Least Concern while Fox Potato is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Four-toed Hedgehog	Fox Potato
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Solanaceae
Genus	Atelerix	Solanum
Species	Atelerix albiventris	Solanum lignicaule

Conservation Status

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Fox Potato

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Four-toed Hedgehog	Fox Potato
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Four-toed Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Ecuador and Spain.

Fox Potato

Habitat

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