Dixie ticktrefoil vs Long-clawed Shrew

Desmodium tortuosum compared with Sorex unguiculatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Dixie ticktrefoil Long-clawed Shrew
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Fabales (Legumes & Allies) Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family Fabaceae Soricidae
Genus Desmodium Sorex
Species Desmodium tortuosum Sorex unguiculatus

Conservation Status

Dixie ticktrefoil

LC — Least Concern

Long-clawed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Dixie ticktrefoil Long-clawed Shrew
Diet — —
Average Lifespan — —
Average Length — —
Average Weight — —

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dixie ticktrefoil

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (10 countries), and South America (4 countries).

Long-clawed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dixie ticktrefoil

No description available.

Long-clawed Shrew

No description available.

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