Flat-skulled Shrew vs Mediterranean flour moth

Sorex roboratus compared with Ephestia kuehniella

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Flat-skulled Shrew	Mediterranean flour moth
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Soricidae	Pyralidae
Genus	Sorex	Ephestia
Species	Sorex roboratus	Ephestia kuehniella

Evolutionary Relationship

Flat-skulled Shrew and Mediterranean flour moth share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Flat-skulled Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Mediterranean flour moth

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Flat-skulled Shrew	Mediterranean flour moth
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Flat-skulled Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mediterranean flour moth

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, temperate coniferous forests, and montane grasslands and shrublands spanning the Afrotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (4 countries), Europe (31 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).