Ornate Shrew vs Sapele

Sorex ornatus compared with Entandrophragma cylindricum

Key Differences

• Ornate Shrew is Least Concern while Sapele is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ornate Shrew	Sapele
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Soricidae	Meliaceae
Genus	Sorex	Entandrophragma
Species	Sorex ornatus	Entandrophragma cylindricum

Conservation Status

Ornate Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Sapele

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ornate Shrew	Sapele
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ornate Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sapele

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Guinea. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.