Four-toed Hedgehog vs Panhandle Prickly-pear

Atelerix albiventris compared with Opuntia polyacantha

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Four-toed Hedgehog	Panhandle Prickly-pear
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Cactaceae
Genus	Atelerix	Opuntia
Species	Atelerix albiventris	Opuntia polyacantha

Conservation Status

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Panhandle Prickly-pear

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Four-toed Hedgehog	Panhandle Prickly-pear
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.

Panhandle Prickly-pear

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia and Czech Republic.