Long-eared Hedgehog vs Ragged Pseudocyphellaria

Hemiechinus auritus compared with Pseudocyphellaria lacerata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Hedgehog	Ragged Pseudocyphellaria
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Peltigerales (Peltigerales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Lobariaceae
Genus	Hemiechinus	Pseudocyphellaria
Species	Hemiechinus auritus	Pseudocyphellaria lacerata

Conservation Status

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Ragged Pseudocyphellaria

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Hedgehog	Ragged Pseudocyphellaria
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.

Ragged Pseudocyphellaria

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Portugal.