Four-toed Hedgehog vs umkokolo

Atelerix albiventris compared with Dovyalis caffra

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Four-toed Hedgehog	umkokolo
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Salicaceae
Genus	Atelerix	Dovyalis
Species	Atelerix albiventris	Dovyalis caffra

Conservation Status

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

umkokolo

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Four-toed Hedgehog	umkokolo
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.

umkokolo

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).