Ornate Shrew vs Yellow Prickle

Sorex ornatus compared with Zanthoxylum martinicense

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ornate Shrew	Yellow Prickle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Soricidae	Rutaceae
Genus	Sorex	Zanthoxylum
Species	Sorex ornatus	Zanthoxylum martinicense

Conservation Status

Ornate Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Yellow Prickle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ornate Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Yellow Prickle

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Cuba.