Erizo Orejudo vs Thin-leaved Centaury

Hemiechinus auritus compared with Centaurea leptophylla

Key Differences

• Erizo Orejudo is Least Concern while Thin-leaved Centaury is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Erizo Orejudo	Thin-leaved Centaury
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Erinaceidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Hemiechinus	Centaurea
Species	Hemiechinus auritus	Centaurea leptophylla

Conservation Status

Erizo Orejudo

LC — Least Concern

Thin-leaved Centaury

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Erizo Orejudo	Thin-leaved Centaury
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.

Thin-leaved Centaury

Habitat

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