Long-clawed Shrew vs Tickclover

Sorex unguiculatus compared with Desmodium incanum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Long-clawed Shrew Tickclover
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 Desmodium
Species Sorex unguiculatus Desmodium incanum

Conservation Status

Long-clawed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Tickclover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-clawed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tickclover

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (Japan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Long-clawed Shrew

No description available.

Tickclover

No description available.

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