Four-toed Hedgehog vs Nutmeg

Atelerix albiventris compared with Myristica fragrans

Key Differences

• Four-toed Hedgehog is Least Concern while Nutmeg is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Four-toed Hedgehog	Nutmeg
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Magnoliales (Magnoliales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Myristicaceae
Genus	Atelerix	Myristica
Species	Atelerix albiventris	Myristica fragrans

Conservation Status

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Nutmeg

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Four-toed Hedgehog	Nutmeg
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.

Nutmeg

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles), Asia (India, Laos, Taiwan), and South America (Brazil).