Long-eared Hedgehog vs Narrow swordfern

Hemiechinus auritus compared with Nephrolepis cordifolia

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Hedgehog	Narrow swordfern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Nephrolepidaceae
Genus	Hemiechinus	Nephrolepis
Species	Hemiechinus auritus	Nephrolepis cordifolia

Conservation Status

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Narrow swordfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Hedgehog	Narrow swordfern
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.

Narrow swordfern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Italy, Portugal, Sweden), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).