Few-Flowered Nutrush vs Ornate Shrew

Scleria pauciflora compared with Sorex ornatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Few-Flowered Nutrush	Ornate Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Cyperaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Scleria	Sorex
Species	Scleria pauciflora	Sorex ornatus

Conservation Status

Few-Flowered Nutrush

LC — Least Concern

Ornate Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Few-Flowered Nutrush	Ornate Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Few-Flowered Nutrush

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Cuba.

Ornate Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.