Long-eared Hedgehog vs Stinking Slime Truffle

Hemiechinus auritus compared with Melanogaster ambiguus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Hedgehog	Stinking Slime Truffle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Boletales (Boletales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Paxillaceae
Genus	Hemiechinus	Melanogaster
Species	Hemiechinus auritus	Melanogaster ambiguus

Conservation Status

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Stinking Slime Truffle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Hedgehog	Stinking Slime Truffle
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.

Stinking Slime Truffle

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.