Long-clawed Shrew vs Sowerby's keeled slug

Sorex unguiculatus compared with Tandonia sowerbyi

Key Differences

• Long-clawed Shrew is Least Concern while Sowerby's keeled slug is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-clawed Shrew	Sowerby's keeled slug
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Soricidae	Milacidae
Genus	Sorex	Tandonia
Species	Sorex unguiculatus	Tandonia sowerbyi

Evolutionary Relationship

Long-clawed Shrew and Sowerby's keeled slug share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Long-clawed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Sowerby's keeled slug

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-clawed Shrew	Sowerby's keeled slug
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-clawed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sowerby's keeled slug

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

Range

Found across Europe (10 countries) and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).