Ornate Shrew vs Spanish-needles

Sorex ornatus compared with Bidens bipinnata

Key Differences

  • Ornate Shrew is Least Concern while Spanish-needles is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Ornate Shrew Spanish-needles
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha) Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family Soricidae Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus Sorex Bidens
Species Sorex ornatus Bidens bipinnata

Conservation Status

Ornate Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Spanish-needles

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Ornate Shrew Spanish-needles
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ornate Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Spanish-needles

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (19 countries), North America (Canada), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Ornate Shrew

No description available.

Spanish-needles

No description available.

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