African basil vs Lamulate Shrew

Ocimum gratissimum compared with Chodsigoa lamula

Key Differences

• African basil is Not Evaluated while Lamulate Shrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African basil	Lamulate Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Lamiaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Ocimum	Chodsigoa
Species	Ocimum gratissimum	Chodsigoa lamula

Conservation Status

African basil

NE — Not Evaluated

Lamulate Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African basil	Lamulate Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African basil

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (Laos, Taiwan), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (4 countries).

Lamulate Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

African basil

The African basil (Ocimum gratissimum) is a species in the genus Ocimum. This species inhabits Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions, found across Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, and Chile.