Downy Lettuce vs Jungle Shrew

Lactuca hirsuta compared with Suncus zeylanicus

Key Differences

• Downy Lettuce is Not Evaluated while Jungle Shrew is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Downy Lettuce	Jungle Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Soricidae
Genus	Lactuca	Suncus
Species	Lactuca hirsuta	Suncus zeylanicus

Conservation Status

Downy Lettuce

NE — Not Evaluated

Jungle Shrew

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Downy Lettuce	Jungle Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Downy Lettuce

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Jungle Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.