Four-toed Hedgehog vs Fringed dodder

Atelerix albiventris compared with Cuscuta suaveolens

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Four-toed Hedgehog	Fringed dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Atelerix	Cuscuta
Species	Atelerix albiventris	Cuscuta suaveolens

Conservation Status

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Fringed dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Four-toed Hedgehog	Fringed dodder
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.

Fringed dodder

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Lesotho, South Africa, Zimbabwe), Europe (17 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇪🇸 Spain