Long-eared Hedgehog vs Tailed Dandelion

Hemiechinus auritus compared with Taraxacum aurosulum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Hedgehog	Tailed Dandelion
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	Taraxacum
Species	Hemiechinus auritus	Taraxacum aurosulum

Conservation Status

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Tailed Dandelion

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Hedgehog	Tailed Dandelion
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.

Tailed Dandelion

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.