Four-toed Hedgehog vs Greater dodder

Atelerix albiventris compared with Cuscuta europaea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Four-toed Hedgehog	Greater dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Atelerix	Cuscuta
Species	Atelerix albiventris	Cuscuta europaea

Conservation Status

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Four-toed Hedgehog	Greater dodder
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.

Greater dodder

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Bhutan, Turkey), Europe (5 countries), and North America (United States).