Fruit Fly vs Erizo Orejudo

Urophora cardui compared with Hemiechinus auritus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fruit Fly	Erizo Orejudo
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (artrópodos)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Insecta (insecto)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Diptera (Diptera)	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)
Family	Tephritidae	Erinaceidae
Genus	Urophora	Hemiechinus
Species	Urophora cardui	Hemiechinus auritus

Evolutionary Relationship

Fruit Fly and Erizo Orejudo share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Fruit Fly

LC — Least Concern

Erizo Orejudo

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fruit Fly	Erizo Orejudo
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fruit Fly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Erizo Orejudo

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Cyprus, Spain, and Ukraine.