Cameroonian Shrew vs Pencil flower

Crocidura picea compared with Stylosanthes guianensis

Key Differences

• Cameroonian Shrew is Endangered while Pencil flower is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cameroonian Shrew	Pencil flower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Soricidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Crocidura	Stylosanthes
Species	Crocidura picea	Stylosanthes guianensis

Conservation Status

Cameroonian Shrew

EN — Endangered

Pencil flower

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cameroonian Shrew	Pencil flower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cameroonian Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pencil flower

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (7 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.