Ornate Shrew vs Red-and-blue Firetail

Sorex ornatus compared with Telebasis rubricauda

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ornate Shrew	Red-and-blue Firetail
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Soricidae	Coenagrionidae
Genus	Sorex	Telebasis
Species	Sorex ornatus	Telebasis rubricauda

Evolutionary Relationship

Ornate Shrew and Red-and-blue Firetail share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Ornate Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Red-and-blue Firetail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ornate Shrew	Red-and-blue Firetail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ornate Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red-and-blue Firetail

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in Colombia.