Common Blue Damselfly vs Jungle Shrew

Enallagma cyathigerum compared with Suncus zeylanicus

Key Differences

• Common Blue Damselfly is Least Concern while Jungle Shrew is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Common Blue Damselfly	Jungle Shrew
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Odonata (Odonata)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Coenagrionidae	Soricidae
Genus	Enallagma	Suncus
Species	Enallagma cyathigerum	Suncus zeylanicus

Evolutionary Relationship

Common Blue Damselfly and Jungle Shrew share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Common Blue Damselfly

LC — Least Concern

Jungle Shrew

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Common Blue Damselfly	Jungle Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Common Blue Damselfly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.

Jungle Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Common Blue Damselfly

Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum) is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List. Widespread and abundant across its range, with stable populations and no immediate conservation concerns.