Four-toed Hedgehog vs Thatch Palm

Atelerix albiventris compared with Coccothrinax inaguensis

Key Differences

• Four-toed Hedgehog is Least Concern while Thatch Palm is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Four-toed Hedgehog	Thatch Palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Arecaceae
Genus	Atelerix	Coccothrinax
Species	Atelerix albiventris	Coccothrinax inaguensis

Conservation Status

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Thatch Palm

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Four-toed Hedgehog	Thatch Palm
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.

Thatch Palm

Habitat

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