Delicate Horsetail vs Long-clawed Shrew

Equisetum scirpoides compared with Sorex unguiculatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Delicate Horsetail	Long-clawed Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Equisetales (Equisetales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Equisetaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Equisetum	Sorex
Species	Equisetum scirpoides	Sorex unguiculatus

Conservation Status

Delicate Horsetail

LC — Least Concern

Long-clawed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Delicate Horsetail	Long-clawed Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Delicate Horsetail

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

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

Long-clawed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.