Flat-skulled Shrew vs River False Buttonweed

Sorex roboratus compared with Spermacoce tenuior

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Flat-skulled Shrew River False Buttonweed
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha) Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family Soricidae Rubiaceae
Genus Sorex Spermacoce
Species Sorex roboratus Spermacoce tenuior

Conservation Status

Flat-skulled Shrew

LC — Least Concern

River False Buttonweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Flat-skulled Shrew River False Buttonweed
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Flat-skulled Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

River False Buttonweed

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Cuba, and Madagascar.

Flat-skulled Shrew

No description available.

River False Buttonweed

No description available.

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