Lagos-rubber vs Ornate Shrew

Funtumia africana compared with Sorex ornatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lagos-rubber	Ornate Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Apocynaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Funtumia	Sorex
Species	Funtumia africana	Sorex ornatus

Conservation Status

Lagos-rubber

LC — Least Concern

Ornate Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lagos-rubber	Ornate Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lagos-rubber

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Angola, Guinea, and India.

Ornate Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.