Long-clawed Shrew vs Prickly Coontail

Sorex unguiculatus compared with Ceratophyllum echinatum

Key Differences

• Long-clawed Shrew is Least Concern while Prickly Coontail is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-clawed 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	Sorex	Ceratophyllum
Species	Sorex unguiculatus	Ceratophyllum echinatum

Conservation Status

Long-clawed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Coontail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-clawed Shrew	Prickly Coontail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-clawed 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.