Four-toed Hedgehog vs Wild Lettuce

Atelerix albiventris compared with Lactuca indica

Key Differences

• Four-toed Hedgehog is Least Concern while Wild Lettuce is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Four-toed Hedgehog	Wild Lettuce
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Erinaceidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Atelerix	Lactuca
Species	Atelerix albiventris	Lactuca indica

Conservation Status

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Wild Lettuce

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Four-toed Hedgehog	Wild Lettuce
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.

Wild Lettuce

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Madagascar, South Africa), Asia (Laos, Taiwan), and South America (Brazil).