Eurasian Least Shrew vs Fimbry

Sorex minutissimus compared with Fimbristylis littoralis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Eurasian Least Shrew Fimbry
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha) Poales (Grasses)
Family Soricidae Cyperaceae
Genus Sorex Fimbristylis
Species Sorex minutissimus Fimbristylis littoralis

Conservation Status

Eurasian Least Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Fimbry

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Eurasian Least Shrew Fimbry
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Eurasian Least Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Russia, and Sweden.

Fimbry

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, deserts and xeric shrublands, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (Brunei, Singapore, Thailand), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (4 countries).

Eurasian Least Shrew

No description available.

Fimbry

No description available.

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