Ornate Shrew vs Panicled Spot Flower

Sorex ornatus compared with Acmella paniculata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ornate Shrew	Panicled Spot Flower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Soricidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Sorex	Acmella
Species	Sorex ornatus	Acmella paniculata

Conservation Status

Ornate Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Panicled Spot Flower

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ornate Shrew	Panicled Spot Flower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ornate Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Panicled Spot Flower

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar), Asia (Japan, Taiwan), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).