Long-eared Hedgehog vs Staph beetle

Hemiechinus auritus compared with Philonthus varians

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Hedgehog	Staph beetle
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Erinaceidae	Staphylinidae
Genus	Hemiechinus	Philonthus
Species	Hemiechinus auritus	Philonthus varians

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Staph beetle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Hedgehog	Staph beetle
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.

Staph beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Kyrgyzstan), Europe (Denmark, Norway, Sweden), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Argentina, Chile).