Long-clawed Shrew vs Rusty Snaketail

Sorex unguiculatus compared with Ophiogomphus rupinsulensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Long-clawed Shrew Rusty Snaketail
Kingdom same Animalia (Animals) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Insecta (Insects)
Order Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha) Odonata (Odonata)
Family Soricidae Gomphidae
Genus Sorex Ophiogomphus
Species Sorex unguiculatus Ophiogomphus rupinsulensis

Evolutionary Relationship

Long-clawed Shrew and Rusty Snaketail share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Long-clawed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Rusty Snaketail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Long-clawed Shrew Rusty Snaketail
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-clawed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Rusty Snaketail

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in United States.

Long-clawed Shrew

No description available.

Rusty Snaketail

No description available.

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