hooked-pepperwort vs North African Hedgehog

Marsilea vestita compared with Atelerix algirus

Key Differences

• hooked-pepperwort is Near Threatened while North African Hedgehog is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	hooked-pepperwort	North African Hedgehog
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)
Family	Marsileaceae	Erinaceidae
Genus	Marsilea	Atelerix
Species	Marsilea vestita	Atelerix algirus

Conservation Status

hooked-pepperwort

NT — Near Threatened

North African Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	hooked-pepperwort	North African Hedgehog
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

hooked-pepperwort

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Canada and Cuba. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

North African Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across France, Malta, and Spain.