Etruscan Shrew vs Pencil Cedar

Suncus etruscus compared with Polyscias murrayi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Etruscan Shrew	Pencil Cedar
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Apiales (Apiales)
Family	Soricidae	Araliaceae
Genus	Suncus	Polyscias
Species	Suncus etruscus	Polyscias murrayi

Conservation Status

Etruscan Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Pencil Cedar

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Etruscan Shrew	Pencil Cedar
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).

Pencil Cedar

Habitat

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

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.