Four-toed Hedgehog vs Golden-Heather

Atelerix albiventris compared with Hudsonia ericoides

Key Differences

• Four-toed Hedgehog is Least Concern while Golden-Heather is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Four-toed Hedgehog	Golden-Heather
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Cistaceae
Genus	Atelerix	Hudsonia
Species	Atelerix albiventris	Hudsonia ericoides

Conservation Status

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Golden-Heather

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Four-toed Hedgehog	Golden-Heather
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.

Golden-Heather

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, France, and United States.