Calingale vs Long-clawed Shrew

Cyperus odoratus compared with Sorex unguiculatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Calingale Long-clawed Shrew
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Liliopsida (Monocots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Poales (Grasses) Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family Cyperaceae Soricidae
Genus Cyperus Sorex
Species Cyperus odoratus Sorex unguiculatus

Conservation Status

Calingale

LC — Least Concern

Long-clawed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Calingale Long-clawed Shrew
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Calingale

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Neotropic and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (Israel, Japan), Europe (Italy, Romania), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Tuvalu), and South America (4 countries).

Long-clawed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Calingale

The Calingale (Cyperus odoratus) is a species in the genus Cyperus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Neotropic and Oceanian realms.

Long-clawed Shrew

No description available.

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