Long-eared Hedgehog vs Texas Pocket Gopher

Hemiechinus auritus compared with Geomys personatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Hedgehog	Texas Pocket Gopher
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Erinaceidae	Geomyidae
Genus	Hemiechinus	Geomys
Species	Hemiechinus auritus	Geomys personatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Long-eared Hedgehog and Texas Pocket Gopher share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Texas Pocket Gopher

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Hedgehog	Texas Pocket Gopher
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.

Texas Pocket Gopher

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.