Long-eared Hedgehog vs Tropical amaranth

Hemiechinus auritus compared with Amaranthus polygonoides

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Hedgehog	Tropical amaranth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Hemiechinus	Amaranthus
Species	Hemiechinus auritus	Amaranthus polygonoides

Conservation Status

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Tropical amaranth

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Hedgehog	Tropical amaranth
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.

Tropical amaranth

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (China, India), Europe (5 countries), and North America (United States).