Brownbeard rice vs Lesser White-toothed Shrew

Oryza rufipogon compared with Crocidura suaveolens

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brownbeard rice	Lesser White-toothed Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Soricidae
Genus	Oryza (Rice)	Crocidura
Species	Oryza rufipogon	Crocidura suaveolens

Conservation Status

Brownbeard rice

LC — Least Concern

Lesser White-toothed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brownbeard rice	Lesser White-toothed Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brownbeard rice

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, among 10 distinct biome types spanning the Palearctic and Indomalayan and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Egypt), Asia (5 countries), North America (Costa Rica, Mexico, United States), and South America (8 countries).

Lesser White-toothed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found across Asia (Cyprus) and Europe (9 countries).

Brownbeard rice

The Brownbeard Rice (Oryza rufipogon) is a species in the genus Oryza. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, among 10 distinct biome types spanning the Palearctic and Indo