Flat-skulled Shrew vs Wild Lettuce

Sorex roboratus compared with Lactuca quercina

Key Differences

• Flat-skulled Shrew is Least Concern while Wild Lettuce is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Flat-skulled Shrew	Wild Lettuce
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Soricidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Sorex	Lactuca
Species	Sorex roboratus	Lactuca quercina

Conservation Status

Flat-skulled Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Wild Lettuce

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Flat-skulled Shrew	Wild Lettuce
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Flat-skulled Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wild Lettuce

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.