Black Bryony vs Lowe's Shrew

Dioscorea orientalis compared with Chodsigoa parca

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black Bryony	Lowe's 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	Chodsigoa
Species	Dioscorea orientalis	Chodsigoa parca

Conservation Status

Black Bryony

LC — Least Concern

Lowe's Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black Bryony	Lowe's Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black Bryony

Habitat

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

Lowe's Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Black Bryony

The Black Bryony (Dioscorea orientalis) is a species in the genus Dioscorea. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.