Flat-skulled Shrew vs Java plum

Sorex roboratus compared with Syzygium cumini

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Flat-skulled Shrew Java plum
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha) Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family Soricidae Myrtaceae
Genus Sorex Syzygium
Species Sorex roboratus Syzygium cumini

Conservation Status

Flat-skulled Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Java plum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Flat-skulled Shrew Java plum
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Flat-skulled Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Java plum

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (13 countries), Asia (8 countries), North America (16 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (7 countries).

Flat-skulled Shrew

No description available.

Java plum

No description available.

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