Ornate Shrew vs Water spangles

Sorex ornatus compared with Salvinia minima

Key Differences

• Ornate Shrew is Least Concern while Water spangles is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ornate Shrew	Water spangles
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Soricidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Sorex	Salvinia
Species	Sorex ornatus	Salvinia minima

Conservation Status

Ornate Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Water spangles

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ornate Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Water spangles

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Sri Lanka), North America (Cuba, Dominican Republic, United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).