Etruscan Shrew vs four-leaf devil-pepper

Suncus etruscus compared with Rauvolfia tetraphylla

Key Differences

• Etruscan Shrew is Least Concern while four-leaf devil-pepper is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Etruscan Shrew	four-leaf devil-pepper
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Soricidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Suncus	Rauvolfia
Species	Suncus etruscus	Rauvolfia tetraphylla

Conservation Status

Etruscan Shrew

LC — Least Concern

four-leaf devil-pepper

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Etruscan Shrew	four-leaf devil-pepper
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).

four-leaf devil-pepper

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Colombia, India, and Taiwan.

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.