Four-toed Hedgehog vs silk-tassel

Atelerix albiventris compared with Garrya elliptica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Four-toed Hedgehog	silk-tassel
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Garryales (Garryales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Garryaceae
Genus	Atelerix	Garrya
Species	Atelerix albiventris	Garrya elliptica

Conservation Status

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

silk-tassel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Four-toed Hedgehog	silk-tassel
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.

silk-tassel

Habitat

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