Four-toed Hedgehog vs Indehiscent Pigweed

Atelerix albiventris compared with Amaranthus standleyanus

Key Differences

• Four-toed Hedgehog is Least Concern while Indehiscent Pigweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Four-toed Hedgehog	Indehiscent Pigweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Atelerix	Amaranthus
Species	Atelerix albiventris	Amaranthus standleyanus

Conservation Status

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Indehiscent Pigweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Four-toed Hedgehog	Indehiscent Pigweed
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.

Indehiscent Pigweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco, South Africa), Asia (China), and Europe (14 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇪🇸 Spain