Pearson's Long-clawed Shrew vs small water-pepper

Solisorex pearsoni compared with Persicaria minor

Key Differences

• Pearson's Long-clawed Shrew is Endangered while small water-pepper is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Pearson's Long-clawed Shrew	small water-pepper
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Soricidae	Polygonaceae
Genus	Solisorex	Persicaria
Species	Solisorex pearsoni	Persicaria minor

Conservation Status

Pearson's Long-clawed Shrew

EN — Endangered

small water-pepper

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Pearson's Long-clawed Shrew	small water-pepper
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Pearson's Long-clawed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

small water-pepper

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar), Europe (7 countries), North America (Canada), and Oceania and the Pacific (Micronesia, Papua New Guinea).