Four-toed Hedgehog vs Spotted Thistle

Atelerix albiventris compared with Scolymus maculatus

Key Differences

• Four-toed Hedgehog is Least Concern while Spotted Thistle is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Four-toed Hedgehog	Spotted Thistle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Erinaceidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Atelerix	Scolymus
Species	Atelerix albiventris	Scolymus maculatus

Conservation Status

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Spotted Thistle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Four-toed Hedgehog	Spotted Thistle
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.

Spotted Thistle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Libya), Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).