Four-toed Hedgehog vs Slender amaranth

Atelerix albiventris compared with Amaranthus viridis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Four-toed Hedgehog	Slender amaranth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Atelerix	Amaranthus
Species	Atelerix albiventris	Amaranthus viridis

Conservation Status

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Slender amaranth

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Four-toed Hedgehog	Slender amaranth
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.

Slender amaranth

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (16 countries), Asia (18 countries), Europe (21 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (13 countries), and South America (7 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇪🇸 Spain