Long-eared Hedgehog vs Marsh Pea

Hemiechinus auritus compared with Lathyrus palustris

Key Differences

• Long-eared Hedgehog is Least Concern while Marsh Pea is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Hedgehog	Marsh Pea
Kingdom	Animalia (животные)	Plantae (растения)
Phylum	Chordata (хордовые)	Magnoliophyta (магнолиофиты)
Class	Mammalia (млекопитающие)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (ежеобразные)	Fabales (бобовоцветные)
Family	Erinaceidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Hemiechinus	Lathyrus
Species	Hemiechinus auritus	Lathyrus palustris

Conservation Status

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Marsh Pea

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Hedgehog	Marsh Pea
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-eared Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Cyprus, Spain, and Ukraine.

Marsh Pea

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including boreal forests and taiga, Mediterranean forests and woodlands, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Israel), Europe (7 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.