Etruscan Shrew vs scarlet peony

Suncus etruscus compared with Paeonia peregrina

Key Differences

• Etruscan Shrew is Least Concern while scarlet peony is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Etruscan Shrew	scarlet peony
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Saxifragales (Saxifragales)
Family	Soricidae	Paeoniaceae
Genus	Suncus	Paeonia
Species	Suncus etruscus	Paeonia peregrina

Conservation Status

Etruscan Shrew

LC — Least Concern

scarlet peony

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Etruscan Shrew	scarlet peony
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).

scarlet peony

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Croatia and Slovakia.

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.