Erizo Orejudo vs Quinoa

Hemiechinus auritus compared with Chenopodium quinoa

Key Differences

• Erizo Orejudo is Least Concern while Quinoa is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Erizo Orejudo	Quinoa
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Hemiechinus	Chenopodium
Species	Hemiechinus auritus	Chenopodium quinoa

Conservation Status

Erizo Orejudo

LC — Least Concern

Quinoa

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Erizo Orejudo	Quinoa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Erizo Orejudo

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Cyprus, Spain, and Ukraine.

Quinoa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (12 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Colombia).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇪🇸 Spain