Black wattle vs Lesser Taiwanese Shrew

Acacia mearnsii compared with Chodsigoa sodalis

Key Differences

• Black wattle is Not Evaluated while Lesser Taiwanese Shrew is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black wattle	Lesser Taiwanese Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Fabaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Acacia	Chodsigoa
Species	Acacia mearnsii	Chodsigoa sodalis

Conservation Status

Black wattle

NE — Not Evaluated

Lesser Taiwanese Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black wattle	Lesser Taiwanese Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black wattle

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests and montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (17 countries), Asia (7 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (Jamaica, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand, Papua New Guinea), and South America (5 countries).

Lesser Taiwanese Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Black wattle

The Black wattle (Acacia mearnsii) is a species in the genus Acacia. Inhabits tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests and montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations, found across Algeria, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Burundi, and more.