grey mouse-ear vs Long-eared Hedgehog

Cerastium brachypetalum compared with Hemiechinus auritus

Key Differences

• grey mouse-ear is Critically Endangered while Long-eared Hedgehog is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	grey mouse-ear	Long-eared Hedgehog
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)
Family	Caryophyllaceae	Erinaceidae
Genus	Cerastium	Hemiechinus
Species	Cerastium brachypetalum	Hemiechinus auritus

Conservation Status

grey mouse-ear

CR — Critically Endangered

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	grey mouse-ear	Long-eared Hedgehog
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

grey mouse-ear

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, temperate coniferous forests, and temperate grasslands and steppes, among 4 distinct biome types within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found across Europe (8 countries) and North America (United States). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Long-eared Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Cyprus, Spain, and Ukraine.