Four-toed Hedgehog vs Narrow swordfern

Atelerix albiventris compared with Nephrolepis cordifolia

Key Differences

• Four-toed Hedgehog is Least Concern while Narrow swordfern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Four-toed Hedgehog	Narrow swordfern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Nephrolepidaceae
Genus	Atelerix	Nephrolepis
Species	Atelerix albiventris	Nephrolepis cordifolia

Conservation Status

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Narrow swordfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Four-toed Hedgehog	Narrow swordfern
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.

Narrow swordfern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Italy, Portugal, Sweden), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).