Long-clawed Shrew vs Papyrus

Sorex unguiculatus compared with Cyperus papyrus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Long-clawed Shrew Papyrus
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha) Poales (Grasses)
Family Soricidae Cyperaceae
Genus Sorex Cyperus
Species Sorex unguiculatus Cyperus papyrus

Conservation Status

Long-clawed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Papyrus

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-clawed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Papyrus

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (India, Laos), Europe (Italy, Portugal), North America (Costa Rica, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Long-clawed Shrew

No description available.

Papyrus

No description available.

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