Ornate Shrew vs wild safflower

Sorex ornatus compared with Carthamus oxyacanthus

Key Differences

• Ornate Shrew is Least Concern while wild safflower is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ornate Shrew	wild safflower
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	Carthamus
Species	Sorex ornatus	Carthamus oxyacanthus

Conservation Status

Ornate Shrew

LC — Least Concern

wild safflower

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ornate Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

wild safflower

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, India, Pakistan, and Sweden.