Four-toed Hedgehog vs White Cheese Polypore

Atelerix albiventris compared with Tyromyces chioneus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Four-toed Hedgehog	White Cheese Polypore
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Incrustoporiaceae
Genus	Atelerix	Tyromyces
Species	Atelerix albiventris	Tyromyces chioneus

Conservation Status

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

White Cheese Polypore

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Four-toed Hedgehog	White Cheese Polypore
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.

White Cheese Polypore

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.