Long-eared Hedgehog vs Shelled Slug

Hemiechinus auritus compared with Testacella haliotidea

Key Differences

• Long-eared Hedgehog is Least Concern while Shelled Slug is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Hedgehog	Shelled Slug
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Erinaceidae	Testacellidae
Genus	Hemiechinus	Testacella
Species	Hemiechinus auritus	Testacella haliotidea

Evolutionary Relationship

Long-eared Hedgehog and Shelled Slug share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Shelled Slug

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Hedgehog	Shelled Slug
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.

Shelled Slug

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (9 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇪🇸 Spain