Long-eared Hedgehog vs Sheathed Sedge

Hemiechinus auritus compared with Carex vaginata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Hedgehog	Sheathed 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 vaginata

Conservation Status

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Sheathed Sedge

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Hedgehog	Sheathed 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.

Sheathed Sedge

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (4 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).