black-bindweed vs Jungle Shrew

Dioscorea communis compared with Suncus zeylanicus

Key Differences

• black-bindweed is Not Evaluated while Jungle Shrew is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	black-bindweed	Jungle Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Dioscoreaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Dioscorea	Suncus
Species	Dioscorea communis	Suncus zeylanicus

Conservation Status

black-bindweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Jungle Shrew

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	black-bindweed	Jungle Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

black-bindweed

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Portugal and Sweden.

Jungle Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

black-bindweed

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