Long-eared Hedgehog vs Sedge

Hemiechinus auritus compared with Carex vacillans

Key Differences

• Long-eared Hedgehog is Least Concern while Sedge is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Hedgehog	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 vacillans

Conservation Status

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Sedge

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Hedgehog	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.

Sedge

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, France, Norway, Sweden, and United States. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.