Lamulate Shrew vs Prickly Coontail

Chodsigoa lamula compared with Ceratophyllum echinatum

Key Differences

• Lamulate Shrew is Least Concern while Prickly Coontail is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lamulate Shrew	Prickly Coontail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Ceratophyllales (Ceratophyllales)
Family	Soricidae	Ceratophyllaceae
Genus	Chodsigoa	Ceratophyllum
Species	Chodsigoa lamula	Ceratophyllum echinatum

Conservation Status

Lamulate Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Coontail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lamulate Shrew	Prickly Coontail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lamulate Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Coontail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.