Long-eared Hedgehog vs Wood Truffle

Hemiechinus auritus compared with Tuber dryophilum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Hedgehog	Wood Truffle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Pezizales (Pezizales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Tuberaceae
Genus	Hemiechinus	Tuber
Species	Hemiechinus auritus	Tuber dryophilum

Conservation Status

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Wood Truffle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Hedgehog	Wood Truffle
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.

Wood Truffle

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Norway.