Cameroonian Shrew vs Vegetable fern

Crocidura picea compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

• Cameroonian Shrew is Endangered while Vegetable fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cameroonian Shrew	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Soricidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Crocidura	Diplazium
Species	Crocidura picea	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Cameroonian Shrew

EN — Endangered

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cameroonian Shrew	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cameroonian Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.

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.