Four-toed Hedgehog vs Tropical Pine

Atelerix albiventris compared with Pinus tropicalis

Key Differences

• Four-toed Hedgehog is Least Concern while Tropical Pine is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Four-toed Hedgehog	Tropical Pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Coniferophyta (Conifers)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pinopsida (Conifers)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Pinales (Pines & Allies)
Family	Erinaceidae	Pinaceae (Pine Family)
Genus	Atelerix	Pinus (Pines)
Species	Atelerix albiventris	Pinus tropicalis

Conservation Status

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Tropical Pine

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Four-toed Hedgehog	Tropical Pine
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.

Tropical Pine

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Cuba. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.