Lemon grass vs Ornate Shrew

Cymbopogon citratus compared with Sorex ornatus

Key Differences

• Lemon grass is Not Evaluated while Ornate Shrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lemon grass	Ornate Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Soricidae
Genus	Cymbopogon	Sorex
Species	Cymbopogon citratus	Sorex ornatus

Conservation Status

Lemon grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Ornate Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lemon grass	Ornate Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lemon grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (5 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea), and South America (10 countries).

Ornate Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.