Four-toed Hedgehog vs Furrowed Melilot

Atelerix albiventris compared with Melilotus sulcatus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Four-toed Hedgehog	Furrowed Melilot
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Erinaceidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Atelerix	Melilotus
Species	Atelerix albiventris	Melilotus sulcatus

Conservation Status

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Furrowed Melilot

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Four-toed Hedgehog	Furrowed Melilot
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.

Furrowed Melilot

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (14 countries) and North America (United States).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇪🇸 Spain