Long-clawed Shrew vs Purple Prickly-pear

Sorex unguiculatus compared with Opuntia macrocentra

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-clawed Shrew	Purple Prickly-pear
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Soricidae	Cactaceae
Genus	Sorex	Opuntia
Species	Sorex unguiculatus	Opuntia macrocentra

Conservation Status

Long-clawed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Purple Prickly-pear

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-clawed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Purple Prickly-pear

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found in Brazil.