Long-eared Hedgehog vs Thrips

Hemiechinus auritus compared with Thrips palmi

Key Differences

• Long-eared Hedgehog is Least Concern while Thrips is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Hedgehog	Thrips
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Thysanoptera (Thysanoptera)
Family	Erinaceidae	Thripidae
Genus	Hemiechinus	Thrips
Species	Hemiechinus auritus	Thrips palmi

Evolutionary Relationship

Long-eared Hedgehog and Thrips share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Thrips

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Hedgehog	Thrips
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.

Thrips

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan, Taiwan), Europe (9 countries), North America (Dominica, United States), and South America (Venezuela).