North African Hedgehog vs Vegetable fern

Atelerix algirus compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	North African Hedgehog	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Atelerix	Diplazium
Species	Atelerix algirus	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

North African Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	North African Hedgehog	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

North African Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across France, Malta, and Spain.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.