Cameroonian Shrew vs round-leaf cassia

Crocidura picea compared with Chamaecrista rotundifolia

Key Differences

• Cameroonian Shrew is Endangered while round-leaf cassia is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cameroonian Shrew	round-leaf cassia
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	Chamaecrista
Species	Crocidura picea	Chamaecrista rotundifolia

Conservation Status

Cameroonian Shrew

EN — Endangered

round-leaf cassia

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cameroonian Shrew	round-leaf cassia
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cameroonian Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

round-leaf cassia

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Zimbabwe), Asia (India), North America (Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), 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.