Giant Mole Shrew vs Wire With

Blarina brevicauda compared with Desmodium axillare

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Giant Mole Shrew	Wire With
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Soricidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Blarina	Desmodium
Species	Blarina brevicauda	Desmodium axillare

Conservation Status

Giant Mole Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Wire With

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Giant Mole Shrew	Wire With
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Giant Mole Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in United States.

Wire With

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Colombia.