Indian Sundew vs Jungle Shrew

Drosera indica compared with Suncus zeylanicus

Key Differences

• Indian Sundew is Least Concern while Jungle Shrew is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Indian Sundew	Jungle Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Droseraceae	Soricidae
Genus	Drosera	Suncus
Species	Drosera indica	Suncus zeylanicus

Conservation Status

Indian Sundew

LC — Least Concern

Jungle Shrew

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Indian Sundew	Jungle Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Indian Sundew

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Guinea, Namibia, and Taiwan.

Jungle Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.