Grooved Flax vs Long-clawed Shrew

Linum sulcatum compared with Sorex unguiculatus

Key Differences

• Grooved Flax is Not Evaluated while Long-clawed Shrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Grooved Flax	Long-clawed Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Linaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Linum	Sorex
Species	Linum sulcatum	Sorex unguiculatus

Conservation Status

Grooved Flax

NE — Not Evaluated

Long-clawed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Grooved Flax	Long-clawed Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Grooved Flax

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Long-clawed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.