Crested Cow-Wheat vs Flat-skulled Shrew

Melampyrum cristatum compared with Sorex roboratus

Key Differences

Crested Cow-Wheat is Endangered while Flat-skulled Shrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crested Cow-Wheat	Flat-skulled Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Orobanchaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Melampyrum	Sorex
Species	Melampyrum cristatum	Sorex roboratus

Conservation Status

Crested Cow-Wheat

EN — Endangered

Flat-skulled Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crested Cow-Wheat	Flat-skulled Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crested Cow-Wheat

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.