Grass-Leaf Mud-Plantain vs Ornate Shrew

Heteranthera dubia compared with Sorex ornatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Grass-Leaf Mud-Plantain	Ornate Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Commelinales (Commelinales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Pontederiaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Heteranthera	Sorex
Species	Heteranthera dubia	Sorex ornatus

Conservation Status

Grass-Leaf Mud-Plantain

LC — Least Concern

Ornate Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Grass-Leaf Mud-Plantain	Ornate Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Grass-Leaf Mud-Plantain

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Ornate Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.