Blackboard Tree vs Gansu Shrew

Alstonia scholaris compared with Sorex cansulus

Key Differences

• Blackboard Tree is Least Concern while Gansu Shrew is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Gansu Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Apocynaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Alstonia	Sorex
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Sorex cansulus

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Gansu Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Gansu Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blackboard Tree

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Micronesia, Taiwan, and United States.

Gansu Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Blackboard Tree

The Blackboard Tree (Alstonia scholaris) is a species in the genus Alstonia. 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 Oceanian biogeographic realm.