Four-toed Hedgehog vs Stinkgrass

Atelerix albiventris compared with Eragrostis cilianensis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Four-toed Hedgehog	Stinkgrass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Erinaceidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Atelerix	Eragrostis
Species	Atelerix albiventris	Eragrostis cilianensis

Conservation Status

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Stinkgrass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Four-toed Hedgehog	Stinkgrass
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.

Stinkgrass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Madagascar), Asia (Georgia, Taiwan, Timor-Leste), Europe (19 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Papua New Guinea), and South America (5 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇪🇨 Ecuador