Flat-skulled Shrew vs Prickly Coontail

Sorex roboratus compared with Ceratophyllum echinatum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Flat-skulled Shrew	Prickly Coontail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Ceratophyllales (Ceratophyllales)
Family	Soricidae	Ceratophyllaceae
Genus	Sorex	Ceratophyllum
Species	Sorex roboratus	Ceratophyllum echinatum

Conservation Status

Flat-skulled Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Coontail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Flat-skulled Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Coontail

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.