African jointgrass vs North American least shrew

Hemarthria altissima compared with Cryptotis parva

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African jointgrass	North American least shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Soricidae
Genus	Hemarthria	Cryptotis
Species	Hemarthria altissima	Cryptotis parva

Conservation Status

African jointgrass

LC — Least Concern

North American least shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African jointgrass	North American least shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African jointgrass

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Neotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar, Mauritius), Asia (Cyprus, Georgia), North America (Mexico, United States), and South America (4 countries).

North American least shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

African jointgrass

The African jointgrass (Hemarthria altissima) is a species in the genus Hemarthria. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and.