Four-toed Hedgehog vs Keeled wormseed

Atelerix albiventris compared with Dysphania carinata

Key Differences

• Four-toed Hedgehog is Least Concern while Keeled wormseed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Four-toed Hedgehog	Keeled wormseed
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	Dysphania
Species	Atelerix albiventris	Dysphania carinata

Conservation Status

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Keeled wormseed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Four-toed Hedgehog	Keeled wormseed
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.

Keeled wormseed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa, Zimbabwe), Asia (India, Saudi Arabia), Europe (4 countries), and North America (United States).