Moon Trefoil vs Ornate Shrew

Medicago arborea compared with Sorex ornatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Moon Trefoil	Ornate Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Fabaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Medicago	Sorex
Species	Medicago arborea	Sorex ornatus

Conservation Status

Moon Trefoil

LC — Least Concern

Ornate Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Moon Trefoil	Ornate Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Moon Trefoil

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco), Europe (8 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Chile).

Ornate Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.