Four-toed Hedgehog vs Sweetgrass Hydnellum

Atelerix albiventris compared with Hydnellum suaveolens

Key Differences

• Four-toed Hedgehog is Least Concern while Sweetgrass Hydnellum is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Four-toed Hedgehog	Sweetgrass Hydnellum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Bankeraceae
Genus	Atelerix	Hydnellum
Species	Atelerix albiventris	Hydnellum suaveolens

Conservation Status

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Sweetgrass Hydnellum

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Four-toed Hedgehog	Sweetgrass Hydnellum
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.

Sweetgrass Hydnellum

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Norway, Sweden, and United States.