Long-eared Hedgehog vs Prickly Sedge

Hemiechinus auritus compared with Carex spicata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Hedgehog	Prickly Sedge
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Erinaceidae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Hemiechinus	Carex
Species	Hemiechinus auritus	Carex spicata

Conservation Status

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Sedge

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Hedgehog	Prickly Sedge
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.

Prickly Sedge

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).