Four-toed Hedgehog vs moncos-de-peru

Atelerix albiventris compared with Amaranthus retroflexus

Key Differences

• Four-toed Hedgehog is Least Concern while moncos-de-peru is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Four-toed Hedgehog	moncos-de-peru
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Atelerix	Amaranthus
Species	Atelerix albiventris	Amaranthus retroflexus

Conservation Status

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

moncos-de-peru

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Four-toed Hedgehog	moncos-de-peru
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.

moncos-de-peru

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (14 countries), Europe (36 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (6 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇪🇸 Spain