Long-eared Hedgehog vs Peanut

Hemiechinus auritus compared with Arachis hypogaea

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Hedgehog	Peanut
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	Arachis
Species	Hemiechinus auritus	Arachis hypogaea

Conservation Status

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Peanut

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Hedgehog	Peanut
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.

Peanut

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (13 countries), North America (Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇪🇸 Spain