Four-toed Hedgehog vs River Maple

Atelerix albiventris compared with Acer saccharinum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Four-toed Hedgehog	River Maple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Sapindaceae
Genus	Atelerix	Acer
Species	Atelerix albiventris	Acer saccharinum

Conservation Status

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

River Maple

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Four-toed Hedgehog	River Maple
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.

River Maple

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria), Asia (Armenia), Europe (19 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil, Ecuador).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇪🇨 Ecuador