Four-toed Hedgehog vs Foxtail

Atelerix albiventris compared with Amaranthus caudatus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Four-toed Hedgehog	Foxtail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Atelerix	Amaranthus
Species	Atelerix albiventris	Amaranthus caudatus

Conservation Status

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Foxtail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Four-toed Hedgehog	Foxtail
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.

Foxtail

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (11 countries), Europe (27 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇪🇸 Spain