Ornate Shrew vs Prickly Yellow

Sorex ornatus compared with Zanthoxylum caribaeum

Key Differences

• Ornate Shrew is Least Concern while Prickly Yellow is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ornate Shrew	Prickly Yellow
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Soricidae	Rutaceae
Genus	Sorex	Zanthoxylum
Species	Sorex ornatus	Zanthoxylum caribaeum

Conservation Status

Ornate Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Yellow

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ornate Shrew	Prickly Yellow
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ornate Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Yellow

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.