Four-toed Hedgehog vs Lemon grass

Atelerix albiventris compared with Cymbopogon citratus

Key Differences

• Four-toed Hedgehog is Least Concern while Lemon grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Four-toed Hedgehog	Lemon grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Erinaceidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Atelerix	Cymbopogon
Species	Atelerix albiventris	Cymbopogon citratus

Conservation Status

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Lemon grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Four-toed Hedgehog	Lemon grass
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.

Lemon grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (5 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea), and South America (10 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇪🇨 Ecuador