Corn spurry vs Dsinezumi Shrew

Spergula arvensis compared with Crocidura dsinezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Corn spurry	Dsinezumi Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Caryophyllaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Spergula	Crocidura
Species	Spergula arvensis	Crocidura dsinezumi

Conservation Status

Corn spurry

LC — Least Concern

Dsinezumi Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Corn spurry	Dsinezumi Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Corn spurry

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 5 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (10 countries), Europe (20 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (6 countries).

Dsinezumi Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Japan.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇯🇵 Japan