Long-eared Hedgehog vs Prostrate pigweed

Hemiechinus auritus compared with Amaranthus albus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Hedgehog	Prostrate pigweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Hemiechinus	Amaranthus
Species	Hemiechinus auritus	Amaranthus albus

Conservation Status

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Prostrate pigweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Hedgehog	Prostrate pigweed
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.

Prostrate pigweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, Morocco), Asia (9 countries), Europe (31 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Chile).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇨🇾 Cyprus 🇪🇸 Spain 🇺🇦 Ukraine