Black and rufous elephant shrew/sengi vs black-bindweed

Rhynchocyon petersi compared with Dioscorea communis

Key Differences

• Black and rufous elephant shrew/sengi is Vulnerable while black-bindweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black and rufous elephant shrew/sengi	black-bindweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Macroscelidea (Macroscelidea)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Macroscelididae	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Rhynchocyon	Dioscorea
Species	Rhynchocyon petersi	Dioscorea communis

Conservation Status

Black and rufous elephant shrew/sengi

VU — Vulnerable

black-bindweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black and rufous elephant shrew/sengi	black-bindweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black and rufous elephant shrew/sengi

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 5 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Kenya. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

black-bindweed

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Portugal and Sweden.

Black and rufous elephant shrew/sengi

The Black and rufous elephant shrew/sengi (Rhynchocyon petersi) is a species in the genus Rhynchocyon. It is currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 5 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeo

black-bindweed

The Black-bindweed (Dioscorea communis) is a species in the genus Dioscorea. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.