American Pumpkin vs Ornate Shrew

Cucurbita pepo compared with Sorex ornatus

Key Differences

• American Pumpkin is Not Evaluated while Ornate Shrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	American Pumpkin	Ornate Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Cucurbitales (Cucurbitales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Cucurbitaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Cucurbita	Sorex
Species	Cucurbita pepo	Sorex ornatus

Conservation Status

American Pumpkin

NE — Not Evaluated

Ornate Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	American Pumpkin	Ornate Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

American Pumpkin

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (23 countries), North America (Canada, Costa Rica, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Ornate Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

American Pumpkin

The American Pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo) is a species in the genus Cucurbita. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.