Chickenweed vs Ornate Shrew

Portulaca quadrifida compared with Sorex ornatus

Key Differences

• Chickenweed is Not Evaluated while Ornate Shrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chickenweed	Ornate Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Portulacaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Portulaca	Sorex
Species	Portulaca quadrifida	Sorex ornatus

Conservation Status

Chickenweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Ornate Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chickenweed	Ornate Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chickenweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (4 countries), North America (Cuba), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands).

Ornate Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Chickenweed

The Chickenweed (Portulaca quadrifida) is a species in the genus Portulaca. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.