Jungle Shrew vs Water spangles

Suncus zeylanicus compared with Salvinia minima

Key Differences

• Jungle Shrew is Endangered while Water spangles is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Jungle Shrew	Water spangles
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Soricidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Suncus	Salvinia
Species	Suncus zeylanicus	Salvinia minima

Conservation Status

Jungle Shrew

EN — Endangered

Water spangles

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Jungle Shrew	Water spangles
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Jungle Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Water spangles

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Sri Lanka), North America (Cuba, Dominican Republic, United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).