Musaraña de los Apeninos vs Bordered Screw-moss

Sorex samniticus compared with Tortula marginata

Key Differences

• Musaraña de los Apeninos is Least Concern while Bordered Screw-moss is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Musaraña de los Apeninos	Bordered Screw-moss
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Bryophyta
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Bryopsida (Bryopsida)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Pottiales (Pottiales)
Family	Soricidae	Pottiaceae
Genus	Sorex	Tortula
Species	Sorex samniticus	Tortula marginata

Conservation Status

Musaraña de los Apeninos

LC — Least Concern

Bordered Screw-moss

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Musaraña de los Apeninos	Bordered Screw-moss
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Musaraña de los Apeninos

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bordered Screw-moss

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Oceanian realms.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway, and Portugal. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Musaraña de los Apeninos

The Apennine Shrew (Sorex samniticus) is a species in the genus Sorex. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bordered Screw-moss

The Bordered Screw-moss (Tortula marginata) is a species in the genus Tortula. It is currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Oceanian realms.