Ornate Shrew vs poverty-weed

Sorex ornatus compared with Blitum nuttallianum

Key Differences

• Ornate Shrew is Least Concern while poverty-weed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ornate Shrew	poverty-weed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Soricidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Sorex	Blitum
Species	Sorex ornatus	Blitum nuttallianum

Conservation Status

Ornate Shrew

LC — Least Concern

poverty-weed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ornate Shrew	poverty-weed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ornate Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

poverty-weed

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (8 countries) and North America (Canada).