Long-eared Hedgehog vs Red Truffle

Hemiechinus auritus compared with Tuber rufum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Hedgehog	Red Truffle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Pezizales (Pezizales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Tuberaceae
Genus	Hemiechinus	Tuber
Species	Hemiechinus auritus	Tuber rufum

Conservation Status

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Red Truffle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Hedgehog	Red Truffle
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.

Red Truffle

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark and Sweden.