Long-eared Hedgehog vs Murex

Hemiechinus auritus compared with Medicago murex

Key Differences

• Long-eared Hedgehog is Least Concern while Murex is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Hedgehog	Murex
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Erinaceidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Hemiechinus	Medicago
Species	Hemiechinus auritus	Medicago murex

Conservation Status

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Murex

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Hedgehog	Murex
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.

Murex

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Asia (Japan) and Europe (6 countries).