Four-toed Hedgehog vs Sickle Medick

Atelerix albiventris compared with Medicago falcata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Four-toed Hedgehog	Sickle Medick
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Erinaceidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Atelerix	Medicago
Species	Atelerix albiventris	Medicago falcata

Conservation Status

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Sickle Medick

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Four-toed Hedgehog	Sickle Medick
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.

Sickle Medick

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco, South Africa), Asia (Japan, Taiwan), Europe (10 countries), and South America (Brazil).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇪🇸 Spain