Horsetail vs Long-clawed Shrew

Equisetum laevigatum compared with Sorex unguiculatus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Horsetail	Long-clawed Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Equisetales (Equisetales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Equisetaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Equisetum	Sorex
Species	Equisetum laevigatum	Sorex unguiculatus

Conservation Status

Horsetail

NE — Not Evaluated

Long-clawed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Horsetail	Long-clawed Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Horsetail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Long-clawed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.