Jungle Shrew vs lime prickly-ash

Suncus zeylanicus compared with Zanthoxylum fagara

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Jungle Shrew lime prickly-ash
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha) Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family Soricidae Rutaceae
Genus Suncus Zanthoxylum
Species Suncus zeylanicus Zanthoxylum fagara

Conservation Status

Jungle Shrew

EN — Endangered

lime prickly-ash

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Jungle Shrew lime prickly-ash
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Jungle Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

lime prickly-ash

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Jungle Shrew

No description available.

lime prickly-ash

No description available.

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