Long-eared Hedgehog vs Shoddy Ragwort

Hemiechinus auritus compared with Senecio pterophorus

Key Differences

• Long-eared Hedgehog is Least Concern while Shoddy Ragwort is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Hedgehog	Shoddy Ragwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Erinaceidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Hemiechinus	Senecio
Species	Hemiechinus auritus	Senecio pterophorus

Conservation Status

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Shoddy Ragwort

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Hedgehog	Shoddy Ragwort
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.

Shoddy Ragwort

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇪🇸 Spain