Long-eared Hedgehog vs Sour orange

Hemiechinus auritus compared with Citrus aurantium

Key Differences

• Long-eared Hedgehog is Least Concern while Sour orange is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Hedgehog	Sour orange
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Rutaceae
Genus	Hemiechinus	Citrus
Species	Hemiechinus auritus	Citrus aurantium

Conservation Status

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Sour orange

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Hedgehog	Sour orange
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.

Sour orange

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (12 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇪🇸 Spain