Ornate Shrew vs Small Cow-Wheat

Sorex ornatus compared with Melampyrum sylvaticum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ornate Shrew	Small Cow-Wheat
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Soricidae	Orobanchaceae
Genus	Sorex	Melampyrum
Species	Sorex ornatus	Melampyrum sylvaticum

Conservation Status

Ornate Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Small Cow-Wheat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ornate Shrew	Small Cow-Wheat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ornate Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Small Cow-Wheat

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.