Deviltree vs Lesser White-toothed Shrew

Alstonia macrophylla compared with Crocidura suaveolens

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Deviltree	Lesser White-toothed Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Apocynaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Alstonia	Crocidura
Species	Alstonia macrophylla	Crocidura suaveolens

Conservation Status

Deviltree

LC — Least Concern

Lesser White-toothed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Deviltree	Lesser White-toothed Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Deviltree

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.