Four-toed Hedgehog vs Goa-bean

Atelerix albiventris compared with Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Key Differences

• Four-toed Hedgehog is Least Concern while Goa-bean is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Four-toed Hedgehog	Goa-bean
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	Psophocarpus
Species	Atelerix albiventris	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Conservation Status

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Four-toed Hedgehog	Goa-bean
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.

Goa-bean

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, Philippines, and Taiwan.