Long-clawed Shrew vs Sickle Medick

Sorex unguiculatus compared with Medicago falcata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-clawed Shrew	Sickle Medick
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	Medicago
Species	Sorex unguiculatus	Medicago falcata

Conservation Status

Long-clawed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Sickle Medick

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-clawed Shrew	Sickle Medick
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-clawed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sickle Medick

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco, South Africa), Asia (Japan, Taiwan), Europe (10 countries), and South America (Brazil).