Four-toed Hedgehog vs utile

Atelerix albiventris compared with Entandrophragma utile

Key Differences

• Four-toed Hedgehog is Least Concern while utile is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Four-toed Hedgehog	utile
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Meliaceae
Genus	Atelerix	Entandrophragma
Species	Atelerix albiventris	Entandrophragma utile

Conservation Status

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

utile

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Four-toed Hedgehog	utile
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.

utile

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

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