Long-eared Hedgehog vs Wild Lettuce

Hemiechinus auritus compared with Lactuca quercina

Key Differences

• Long-eared Hedgehog is Least Concern while Wild Lettuce is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Hedgehog	Wild Lettuce
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	Lactuca
Species	Hemiechinus auritus	Lactuca quercina

Conservation Status

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Wild Lettuce

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Hedgehog	Wild Lettuce
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.

Wild Lettuce

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.