Long-eared Hedgehog vs Woolly Tooth

Hemiechinus auritus compared with Phellodon tomentosus

Key Differences

• Long-eared Hedgehog is Least Concern while Woolly Tooth is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Hedgehog	Woolly Tooth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Thelephoraceae
Genus	Hemiechinus	Phellodon
Species	Hemiechinus auritus	Phellodon tomentosus

Conservation Status

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Woolly Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Hedgehog	Woolly Tooth
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.

Woolly Tooth

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

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