Ornate Shrew vs Vegetable fern

Sorex ornatus compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ornate Shrew	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Soricidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Sorex	Diplazium
Species	Sorex ornatus	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Ornate Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ornate Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.