Long-eared Hedgehog vs Sickle Medick

Hemiechinus auritus compared with Medicago falcata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Hedgehog	Sickle Medick
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Erinaceidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Hemiechinus	Medicago
Species	Hemiechinus auritus	Medicago falcata

Conservation Status

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Sickle Medick

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Hedgehog	Sickle Medick
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.

Sickle Medick

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco, South Africa), Asia (Japan, Taiwan), Europe (10 countries), and South America (Brazil).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇪🇸 Spain