Ornate Shrew vs

Sorex ornatus compared with Stephanoeca kentii

Key Differences

• Ornate Shrew is Least Concern while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ornate Shrew
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Protozoa (protozoa)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Choanozoa (Choanozoa)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Choanoflagellatea (Choanoflagellatea)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Choanoflagellida (Choanoflagellida)
Family	Soricidae	Acanthoecidae
Genus	Sorex	Stephanoeca
Species	Sorex ornatus	Stephanoeca kentii

Conservation Status

Ornate Shrew

LC — Least Concern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ornate Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

Stephanoeca kentii is a loricate choanoflagellate, a marine unicellular organism that constructs a delicate basket-like structure (lorica) of siliceous strips surrounding its cell. It inhabits coastal and oceanic waters where it feeds on picoplankton bacteria. Choanoflagellates like this species are of scientific interest as the closest living unicellular relatives of animals.