Bitter Dock vs Jungle Shrew

Rumex obtusifolius compared with Suncus zeylanicus

Key Differences

• Bitter Dock is Not Evaluated while Jungle Shrew is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bitter Dock	Jungle Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Polygonaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Rumex	Suncus
Species	Rumex obtusifolius	Suncus zeylanicus

Conservation Status

Bitter Dock

NE — Not Evaluated

Jungle Shrew

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bitter Dock	Jungle Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bitter Dock

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (6 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (7 countries).

Jungle Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bitter Dock

The Bitter Dock (Rumex obtusifolius) is a species in the genus Rumex. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.