Four-toed Hedgehog vs Graceful Tooth

Atelerix albiventris compared with Hydnellum gracilipes

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Four-toed Hedgehog	Graceful 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 gracilipes

Conservation Status

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Graceful Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Four-toed Hedgehog	Graceful 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.

Graceful 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.