Long-clawed Shrew vs utile

Sorex unguiculatus compared with Entandrophragma utile

Key Differences

• Long-clawed Shrew is Least Concern while utile is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-clawed Shrew	utile
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Soricidae	Meliaceae
Genus	Sorex	Entandrophragma
Species	Sorex unguiculatus	Entandrophragma utile

Conservation Status

Long-clawed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

utile

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-clawed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

utile

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Guinea. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.