Four-toed Hedgehog vs Gold Tooth

Atelerix albiventris compared with Hydnellum auratile

Key Differences

• Four-toed Hedgehog is Least Concern while Gold Tooth is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Four-toed Hedgehog	Gold Tooth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Bankeraceae
Genus	Atelerix	Hydnellum
Species	Atelerix albiventris	Hydnellum auratile

Conservation Status

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Gold Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Four-toed Hedgehog	Gold Tooth
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.

Gold Tooth

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.