Long-eared Hedgehog vs Mountain yam

Hemiechinus auritus compared with Dioscorea hamiltonii

Key Differences

• Long-eared Hedgehog is Least Concern while Mountain yam is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Hedgehog	Mountain yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Hemiechinus	Dioscorea
Species	Hemiechinus auritus	Dioscorea hamiltonii

Conservation Status

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Mountain yam

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Hedgehog	Mountain yam
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.

Mountain yam

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.