Long-eared Hedgehog vs Sweetgrass Hydnellum

Hemiechinus auritus compared with Hydnellum suaveolens

Key Differences

• Long-eared Hedgehog is Least Concern while Sweetgrass Hydnellum is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Hedgehog	Sweetgrass Hydnellum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Bankeraceae
Genus	Hemiechinus	Hydnellum
Species	Hemiechinus auritus	Hydnellum suaveolens

Conservation Status

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Sweetgrass Hydnellum

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Hedgehog	Sweetgrass Hydnellum
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.

Sweetgrass Hydnellum

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Norway, Sweden, and United States.