Katung Fa vs Four-toed Hedgehog

Alstonia macrophylla compared with Atelerix albiventris

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Katung Fa Four-toed Hedgehog
Kingdom Plantae (พืช) Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)
Class Magnoliopsida (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่) Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)
Order Gentianales (อันดับดอกหรีดเขา) Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)
Family Apocynaceae Erinaceidae
Genus Alstonia Atelerix
Species Alstonia macrophylla Atelerix albiventris

Conservation Status

Katung Fa

LC — Least Concern

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Katung Fa Four-toed Hedgehog
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Katung Fa

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.

Four-toed Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Ecuador and Spain.

Katung Fa

No description available.

Four-toed Hedgehog

No description available.

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