Lesser Taiwanese Shrew vs Septicweed

Chodsigoa sodalis compared with Senna occidentalis

Key Differences

• Lesser Taiwanese Shrew is Data Deficient while Septicweed is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Taiwanese Shrew	Septicweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Soricidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Chodsigoa	Senna
Species	Chodsigoa sodalis	Senna occidentalis

Conservation Status

Lesser Taiwanese Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Septicweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lesser Taiwanese Shrew	Septicweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesser Taiwanese Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Septicweed

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (19 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (13 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇹🇼 Taiwan