Fivefingers vs Jungle Shrew

Syngonium angustatum compared with Suncus zeylanicus

Key Differences

• Fivefingers is Not Evaluated while Jungle Shrew is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

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

Conservation Status

Fivefingers

NE — Not Evaluated

Jungle Shrew

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

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).

Jungle Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.