Buddha's hand vs Jungle Shrew

Alocasia cucullata compared with Suncus zeylanicus

Key Differences

• Buddha's hand is Not Evaluated while Jungle Shrew is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buddha's hand	Jungle Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Araceae	Soricidae
Genus	Alocasia	Suncus
Species	Alocasia cucullata	Suncus zeylanicus

Conservation Status

Buddha's hand

NE — Not Evaluated

Jungle Shrew

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buddha's hand	Jungle Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Buddha's hand

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

Jungle Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Buddha's hand

The Buddha'S Hand (Alocasia cucullata) is a species in the genus Alocasia. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.