Long-eared Hedgehog vs Thin Asphodeline

Hemiechinus auritus compared with Asphodeline tenuior

Key Differences

• Long-eared Hedgehog is Least Concern while Thin Asphodeline is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Hedgehog	Thin Asphodeline
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Asphodelaceae
Genus	Hemiechinus	Asphodeline
Species	Hemiechinus auritus	Asphodeline tenuior

Conservation Status

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Thin Asphodeline

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Hedgehog	Thin Asphodeline
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.

Thin Asphodeline

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.