Long-eared Hedgehog vs Southern Damselfly

Hemiechinus auritus compared with Coenagrion mercuriale

Key Differences

• Long-eared Hedgehog is Least Concern while Southern Damselfly is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Hedgehog	Southern Damselfly
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Erinaceidae	Coenagrionidae
Genus	Hemiechinus	Coenagrion
Species	Hemiechinus auritus	Coenagrion mercuriale

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Southern Damselfly

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Hedgehog	Southern Damselfly
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.

Southern Damselfly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Luxembourg.