Jungle Shrew vs Wild Lettuce

Suncus zeylanicus compared with Lactuca indica

Key Differences

• Jungle Shrew is Endangered while Wild Lettuce is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Jungle Shrew	Wild Lettuce
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Soricidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Suncus	Lactuca
Species	Suncus zeylanicus	Lactuca indica

Conservation Status

Jungle Shrew

EN — Endangered

Wild Lettuce

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Jungle Shrew	Wild Lettuce
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Jungle Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wild Lettuce

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Madagascar, South Africa), Asia (Laos, Taiwan), and South America (Brazil).