blue mud-plantain vs Ornate Shrew

Heteranthera limosa compared with Sorex ornatus

Key Differences

• blue mud-plantain is Not Evaluated while Ornate Shrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	blue mud-plantain	Ornate Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Commelinales (Commelinales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Pontederiaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Heteranthera	Sorex
Species	Heteranthera limosa	Sorex ornatus

Conservation Status

blue mud-plantain

NE — Not Evaluated

Ornate Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	blue mud-plantain	Ornate Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

blue mud-plantain

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (8 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Ornate Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

blue mud-plantain

The Blue Mud Plantain (Heteranthera limosa) is a species in the genus Heteranthera. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.