Flat-skulled Shrew vs

Sorex roboratus compared with Frustulia rhomboides

Key Differences

• Flat-skulled Shrew is Least Concern while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Flat-skulled Shrew
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Chromista (Chromista)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ochrophyta (Ochrophyta)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Bacillariophyceae (Bacillariophyceae)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Naviculales (Naviculales)
Family	Soricidae	Amphipleuraceae
Genus	Sorex	Frustulia
Species	Sorex roboratus	Frustulia rhomboides

Conservation Status

Flat-skulled Shrew

LC — Least Concern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Flat-skulled Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Flat-skulled Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Norway, Portugal, Sweden), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Frustulia rhomboides is a large, elongated freshwater diatom with a rhomboid outline and a distinctive raphe system embedded in siliceous ribs. It inhabits benthic and epiphytic habitats in acidic, humic freshwater environments including peat bogs and forest streams. This photosynthetic diatom is a bioindicator of acidic, dystrophic freshwater conditions.