Ornate Shrew vs Senegal prickly-ash

Sorex ornatus compared with Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Ornate Shrew Senegal prickly-ash
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 zanthoxyloides

Conservation Status

Ornate Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Senegal prickly-ash

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Ornate Shrew Senegal prickly-ash
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ornate Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Senegal prickly-ash

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Guinea.

Ornate Shrew

No description available.

Senegal prickly-ash

No description available.

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