colubrina vs Long-eared Hedgehog

Echium vulgare compared with Hemiechinus auritus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank colubrina Long-eared Hedgehog
Kingdom Plantae (plantas) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (cordados)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order Boraginales (Boraginales) Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)
Family Boraginaceae Erinaceidae
Genus Echium Hemiechinus
Species Echium vulgare Hemiechinus auritus

Conservation Status

colubrina

LC — Least Concern

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute colubrina Long-eared Hedgehog
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

colubrina

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Lesotho, South Africa), Asia (India, Japan, Uzbekistan), Europe (11 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).

Long-eared Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Cyprus, Spain, and Ukraine.

colubrina

The Blue Devil (Echium vulgare) is a species in the genus Echium. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Long-eared Hedgehog

No description available.

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