Long-clawed Shrew vs Sourgrass

Sorex unguiculatus compared with Digitaria insularis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-clawed Shrew	Sourgrass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Soricidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Sorex	Digitaria
Species	Sorex unguiculatus	Digitaria insularis

Conservation Status

Long-clawed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Sourgrass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-clawed Shrew	Sourgrass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-clawed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sourgrass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Ghana), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).