Garden sorrel vs Lowe's Shrew

Rumex acetosa compared with Chodsigoa parca

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Garden sorrel	Lowe's Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Polygonaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Rumex	Chodsigoa
Species	Rumex acetosa	Chodsigoa parca

Conservation Status

Garden sorrel

LC — Least Concern

Lowe's Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Garden sorrel	Lowe's Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Garden sorrel

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Chad), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (9 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).