Etruscan Shrew vs Floating Fern

Suncus etruscus compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

Etruscan Shrew is Least Concern while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Etruscan Shrew	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Soricidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Suncus	Salvinia
Species	Suncus etruscus	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Etruscan Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Etruscan Shrew	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Etruscan Shrew

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

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

Floating Fern

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.