Long-eared Hedgehog vs Spanish Gorse

Hemiechinus auritus compared with Genista hispanica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Hedgehog	Spanish Gorse
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	Genista
Species	Hemiechinus auritus	Genista hispanica

Conservation Status

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Spanish Gorse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Hedgehog	Spanish Gorse
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.

Spanish Gorse

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.