Long-eared Hedgehog vs wormseed

Hemiechinus auritus compared with Artemisia maritima

Key Differences

• Long-eared Hedgehog is Least Concern while wormseed is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Hedgehog	wormseed
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	Artemisia
Species	Hemiechinus auritus	Artemisia maritima

Conservation Status

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

wormseed

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Hedgehog	wormseed
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.

wormseed

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and South America (Brazil). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.