Lowe's Shrew vs Septicweed

Chodsigoa parca compared with Senna occidentalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Lowe's Shrew Septicweed
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 Chodsigoa Senna
Species Chodsigoa parca Senna occidentalis

Conservation Status

Lowe's Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Septicweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Lowe's Shrew Septicweed
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lowe's Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Septicweed

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (19 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (13 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana).

Lowe's Shrew

No description available.

Septicweed

No description available.

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