Cameroonian Shrew vs Indian Sundew

Crocidura picea compared with Drosera indica

Key Differences

• Cameroonian Shrew is Endangered while Indian Sundew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cameroonian Shrew	Indian Sundew
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Soricidae	Droseraceae
Genus	Crocidura	Drosera
Species	Crocidura picea	Drosera indica

Conservation Status

Cameroonian Shrew

EN — Endangered

Indian Sundew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cameroonian Shrew	Indian Sundew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cameroonian Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Indian Sundew

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Guinea, Namibia, and Taiwan.

Cameroonian Shrew

The Cameroonian Shrew (Crocidura picea) is a species in the genus Crocidura. It is currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.