False Baton Blue vs Ornate Shrew

Pseudophilotes abencerragus compared with Sorex ornatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Baton Blue	Ornate Shrew
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Lycaenidae	Soricidae
Genus	Pseudophilotes	Sorex
Species	Pseudophilotes abencerragus	Sorex ornatus

Evolutionary Relationship

False Baton Blue and Ornate Shrew share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

False Baton Blue

LC — Least Concern

Ornate Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Baton Blue	Ornate Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Baton Blue

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Portugal and Spain.

Ornate Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.