vs Jungle Shrew

Exobasidium splendidum compared with Suncus zeylanicus

Key Differences

• is Least Concern while Jungle Shrew is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Jungle Shrew
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Exobasidiomycetes (Exobasidiomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Exobasidiales (Exobasidiales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Exobasidiaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Exobasidium	Suncus
Species	Exobasidium splendidum	Suncus zeylanicus

Conservation Status

LC — Least Concern

Jungle Shrew

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Jungle Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Norway, and Sweden.

Jungle Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Exobasidium splendidum is a parasitic basidiomycete fungus that forms galls and hypertrophied growths on the leaves and stems of host plants in the heath family. It inhabits boreal and montane habitats where Ericaceae shrubs such as Arctostaphylos grow. This parasitic fungus deforms host plant tissue to extract nutrients during its reproductive phase.