Black fruited galanga vs Eurasian Least Shrew

Alpinia nigra compared with Sorex minutissimus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black fruited galanga	Eurasian Least Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (पादप)	Animalia (प्राणी)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (रज्जुकी)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (स्तनधारी)
Order	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Zingiberaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Alpinia	Sorex
Species	Alpinia nigra	Sorex minutissimus

Conservation Status

Black fruited galanga

LC — Least Concern

Eurasian Least Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black fruited galanga	Eurasian Least Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black fruited galanga

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Jamaica.

Eurasian Least Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Russia, and Sweden.

Black fruited galanga

The Black fruited galanga (Alpinia nigra) is a species in the genus Alpinia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.