Four-toed Hedgehog vs Streamside Swordfern

Atelerix albiventris compared with Nephrolepis rivularis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Four-toed Hedgehog	Streamside Swordfern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Nephrolepidaceae
Genus	Atelerix	Nephrolepis
Species	Atelerix albiventris	Nephrolepis rivularis

Conservation Status

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Streamside Swordfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Four-toed Hedgehog	Streamside Swordfern
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.

Streamside Swordfern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.