Long-clawed Shrew vs Septicweed

Sorex unguiculatus compared with Senna occidentalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Long-clawed 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 Sorex Senna
Species Sorex unguiculatus Senna occidentalis

Conservation Status

Long-clawed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Septicweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-clawed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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).

Long-clawed Shrew

No description available.

Septicweed

No description available.

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