Long-eared Hedgehog vs marsh thistle

Hemiechinus auritus compared with Cirsium palustre

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Hedgehog	marsh thistle
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	Hemiechinus	Cirsium
Species	Hemiechinus auritus	Cirsium palustre

Conservation Status

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

marsh thistle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Hedgehog	marsh thistle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-eared Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Cyprus, Spain, and Ukraine.

marsh thistle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (8 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).