Cuckoo-Bread vs Etruscan Shrew

Oxalis acetosella compared with Suncus etruscus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cuckoo-Bread	Etruscan Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Oxalidales (Oxalidales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Oxalidaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Oxalis	Suncus
Species	Oxalis acetosella	Suncus etruscus

Conservation Status

Cuckoo-Bread

LC — Least Concern

Etruscan Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cuckoo-Bread	Etruscan Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cuckoo-Bread

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (United States).

Etruscan Shrew

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found across Asia (Cyprus, Yemen) and Europe (6 countries).

Etruscan Shrew

Etruscan Shrew (Suncus etruscus) 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.