Four-toed Hedgehog vs Japanese Maple

Atelerix albiventris compared with Acer palmatum

Key Differences

• Four-toed Hedgehog is Least Concern while Japanese Maple is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Four-toed Hedgehog	Japanese Maple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Sapindaceae
Genus	Atelerix	Acer
Species	Atelerix albiventris	Acer palmatum

Conservation Status

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Japanese Maple

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Four-toed Hedgehog	Japanese Maple
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.

Japanese Maple

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Georgia, Turkey), Europe (8 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil).