Etruscan Shrew vs Garden orache

Suncus etruscus compared with Atriplex hortensis

Key Differences

• Etruscan Shrew is Least Concern while Garden orache is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Etruscan Shrew	Garden orache
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Soricidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Suncus	Atriplex
Species	Suncus etruscus	Atriplex hortensis

Conservation Status

Etruscan Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Garden orache

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Etruscan Shrew	Garden orache
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).

Garden orache

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey), Europe (31 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Chile).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 5 countries:

🇫🇷 France 🇬🇷 Greece 🇮🇹 Italy 🇷🇺 Russia 🇪🇸 Spain