Eurasian Least Shrew vs Fivefingers

Sorex minutissimus compared with Syngonium angustatum

Key Differences

• Eurasian Least Shrew is Least Concern while Fivefingers is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Eurasian Least Shrew	Fivefingers
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Soricidae	Araceae
Genus	Sorex	Syngonium
Species	Sorex minutissimus	Syngonium angustatum

Conservation Status

Eurasian Least Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Fivefingers

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Eurasian Least Shrew	Fivefingers
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.

Fivefingers

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC)), North America (Guatemala, Honduras, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).