Long-eared Hedgehog vs Orange Tooth

Hemiechinus auritus compared with Hydnellum aurantiacum

Key Differences

• Long-eared Hedgehog is Least Concern while Orange Tooth is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Hedgehog	Orange Tooth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Bankeraceae
Genus	Hemiechinus	Hydnellum
Species	Hemiechinus auritus	Hydnellum aurantiacum

Conservation Status

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Orange Tooth

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Hedgehog	Orange Tooth
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.

Orange Tooth

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.