Marsh fleabane vs Ornate Shrew

Pluchea carolinensis compared with Sorex ornatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Marsh fleabane	Ornate Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Soricidae
Genus	Pluchea	Sorex
Species	Pluchea carolinensis	Sorex ornatus

Conservation Status

Marsh fleabane

LC — Least Concern

Ornate Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Marsh fleabane	Ornate Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Marsh fleabane

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Spain), North America (5 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries).

Ornate Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.