Four-toed Hedgehog vs pignut

Atelerix albiventris compared with Mesosphaerum suaveolens

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Four-toed Hedgehog	pignut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Atelerix	Mesosphaerum
Species	Atelerix albiventris	Mesosphaerum suaveolens

Conservation Status

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

pignut

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Four-toed Hedgehog	pignut
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.

pignut

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Guinea, and Timor-Leste.