Long-eared Hedgehog vs Small shell ginger

Hemiechinus auritus compared with Alpinia mutica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Hedgehog	Small shell ginger
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Zingiberaceae
Genus	Hemiechinus	Alpinia
Species	Hemiechinus auritus	Alpinia mutica

Conservation Status

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Small shell ginger

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Hedgehog	Small shell ginger
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.

Small shell ginger

Habitat

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

Range

Found in United States.