Pearson's Long-clawed Shrew vs Septicweed

Solisorex pearsoni compared with Senna occidentalis

Key Differences

• Pearson's Long-clawed Shrew is Endangered while Septicweed is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Pearson's Long-clawed Shrew	Septicweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Soricidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Solisorex	Senna
Species	Solisorex pearsoni	Senna occidentalis

Conservation Status

Pearson's Long-clawed Shrew

EN — Endangered

Septicweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Pearson's Long-clawed Shrew	Septicweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Pearson's Long-clawed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Septicweed

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (19 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (13 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana).