Black fruited galanga vs Eastern Cordillera Small-footed Shrew

Alpinia nigra compared with Cryptotis brachyonyx

Key Differences

• Black fruited galanga is Least Concern while Eastern Cordillera Small-footed Shrew is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black fruited galanga	Eastern Cordillera Small-footed Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Zingiberaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Alpinia	Cryptotis
Species	Alpinia nigra	Cryptotis brachyonyx

Conservation Status

Black fruited galanga

LC — Least Concern

Eastern Cordillera Small-footed Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black fruited galanga	Eastern Cordillera Small-footed Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black fruited galanga

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Jamaica.

Eastern Cordillera Small-footed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

Black fruited galanga

The Black fruited galanga (Alpinia nigra) is a species in the genus Alpinia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.