Four-toed Hedgehog vs Thin-flowered Colchicum

Atelerix albiventris compared with Colchicum leptanthum

Key Differences

• Four-toed Hedgehog is Least Concern while Thin-flowered Colchicum is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Four-toed Hedgehog	Thin-flowered Colchicum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Liliales (Liliales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Colchicaceae
Genus	Atelerix	Colchicum
Species	Atelerix albiventris	Colchicum leptanthum

Conservation Status

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Thin-flowered Colchicum

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Four-toed Hedgehog	Thin-flowered Colchicum
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.

Thin-flowered Colchicum

Habitat

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