Goat's-beard vs Ornate Shrew

Tragopogon pratensis compared with Sorex ornatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goat's-beard	Ornate Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Soricidae
Genus	Tragopogon	Sorex
Species	Tragopogon pratensis	Sorex ornatus

Conservation Status

Goat's-beard

LC — Least Concern

Ornate Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goat's-beard	Ornate Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Goat's-beard

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

Ornate Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.