Four-toed Hedgehog vs Silver wattle

Atelerix albiventris compared with Acacia retinodes

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Four-toed Hedgehog	Silver wattle
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	Acacia
Species	Atelerix albiventris	Acacia retinodes

Conservation Status

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Silver wattle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Four-toed Hedgehog	Silver wattle
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.

Silver wattle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, Mauritius), Asia (India, Turkey), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇪🇨 Ecuador 🇪🇸 Spain