Fiveangled dodder vs Long-eared Hedgehog

Cuscuta pentagona compared with Hemiechinus auritus

Key Differences

• Fiveangled dodder is Not Evaluated while Long-eared Hedgehog is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fiveangled dodder	Long-eared Hedgehog
Kingdom	Plantae (bitki)	Animalia (hayvan)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Kordalılar)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (memeliler)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Erinaceidae
Genus	Cuscuta	Hemiechinus
Species	Cuscuta pentagona	Hemiechinus auritus

Conservation Status

Fiveangled dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fiveangled dodder	Long-eared Hedgehog
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fiveangled dodder

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (9 countries), Europe (Norway, Poland, Romania), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Fiji, Micronesia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Long-eared Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Cyprus, Spain, and Ukraine.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇾 Cyprus