Orange cestrum vs Ornate Shrew

Cestrum aurantiacum compared with Sorex ornatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Orange cestrum	Ornate Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Solanaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Cestrum	Sorex
Species	Cestrum aurantiacum	Sorex ornatus

Conservation Status

Orange cestrum

LC — Least Concern

Ornate Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Orange cestrum	Ornate Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Orange cestrum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (India, Indonesia), North America (Guatemala, Honduras, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand).