Flat-skulled Shrew vs Mantled Baskettail

Sorex roboratus compared with Epitheca semiaquea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Flat-skulled Shrew	Mantled Baskettail
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Soricidae	Corduliidae
Genus	Sorex	Epitheca
Species	Sorex roboratus	Epitheca semiaquea

Evolutionary Relationship

Flat-skulled Shrew and Mantled Baskettail share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Flat-skulled Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Mantled Baskettail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Flat-skulled Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mantled Baskettail

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.