Hairy Snakefern vs Ornate Shrew

Microgramma piloselloides compared with Sorex ornatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Hairy Snakefern Ornate Shrew
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Tracheophyta Chordata (Chordates)
Class Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Polypodiales (Polypodiales) Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family Polypodiaceae Soricidae
Genus Microgramma Sorex
Species Microgramma piloselloides Sorex ornatus

Conservation Status

Hairy Snakefern

LC — Least Concern

Ornate Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Hairy Snakefern Ornate Shrew
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy Snakefern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Cuba.

Ornate Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hairy Snakefern

No description available.

Ornate Shrew

No description available.

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