Four-toed Hedgehog vs southern elder

Atelerix albiventris compared with Sambucus australis

Key Differences

• Four-toed Hedgehog is Least Concern while southern elder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Four-toed Hedgehog	southern elder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Dipsacales (Dipsacales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Viburnaceae
Genus	Atelerix	Sambucus
Species	Atelerix albiventris	Sambucus australis

Conservation Status

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

southern elder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Four-toed Hedgehog	southern elder
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.

southern elder

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Brazil.