Lantana vs Long-clawed Shrew

Lantana camara compared with Sorex unguiculatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Lantana Long-clawed Shrew
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Lamiales (Lamiales) Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family Verbenaceae Soricidae
Genus Lantana Sorex
Species Lantana camara Sorex unguiculatus

Conservation Status

Lantana

LC — Least Concern

Long-clawed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Lantana Long-clawed Shrew
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lantana

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 10 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (30 countries), Europe (10 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (14 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Long-clawed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lantana

No description available.

Long-clawed Shrew

No description available.

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