Four-toed Hedgehog vs Cotonéaster

Atelerix albiventris compared with Cotoneaster pannosus

Key Differences

• Four-toed Hedgehog is Least Concern while Cotonéaster is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Four-toed Hedgehog	Cotonéaster
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mammifères)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Erinaceidae	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Atelerix	Cotoneaster
Species	Atelerix albiventris	Cotoneaster pannosus

Conservation Status

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Cotonéaster

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Four-toed Hedgehog	Cotonéaster
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Four-toed Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Ecuador and Spain.

Cotonéaster

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Colombia, Uruguay).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇪🇸 Spain