Long-eared Hedgehog vs Suffolk Hawkweed

Hemiechinus auritus compared with Hieracium zygophorum

Key Differences

• Long-eared Hedgehog is Least Concern while Suffolk Hawkweed is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Hedgehog	Suffolk Hawkweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Erinaceidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Hemiechinus	Hieracium
Species	Hemiechinus auritus	Hieracium zygophorum

Conservation Status

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Suffolk Hawkweed

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Hedgehog	Suffolk Hawkweed
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.

Suffolk Hawkweed

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Sweden. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.