Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs Slender Shrew

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Sorex gracillimus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Slender 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	Aegilops	Sorex
Species	Aegilops ventricosa	Sorex gracillimus

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

Slender Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Slender Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.

Slender Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

The Belly-shaped Hard Grass (Aegilops ventricosa) is a species in the genus Aegilops. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.