Four-toed Hedgehog vs Fringed rue

Atelerix albiventris compared with Ruta chalepensis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Four-toed Hedgehog	Fringed rue
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Rutaceae
Genus	Atelerix	Ruta
Species	Atelerix albiventris	Ruta chalepensis

Conservation Status

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Fringed rue

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Four-toed Hedgehog	Fringed rue
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 rue

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Angola, Sao Tome and Principe), Europe (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Portugal, Spain), North America (Belize, United States), and South America (6 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇪🇨 Ecuador 🇪🇸 Spain