Golden-rumped elephant shrew vs maçarico-pintado

Rhynchocyon chrysopygus compared with Actitis macularius

Key Differences

Golden-rumped elephant shrew is Endangered while maçarico-pintado is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Golden-rumped elephant shrew	maçarico-pintado
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Aves (ave)
Order	Macroscelidea (Macroscelidea)	Charadriiformes (Charadriiformes)
Family	Macroscelididae	Scolopacidae
Genus	Rhynchocyon	Actitis
Species	Rhynchocyon chrysopygus	Actitis macularius

Evolutionary Relationship

Golden-rumped elephant shrew and maçarico-pintado share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

View Phylum: Chordata

Conservation Status

Golden-rumped elephant shrew

EN — Endangered

maçarico-pintado

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Golden-rumped elephant shrew	maçarico-pintado
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Golden-rumped elephant shrew

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 5 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Kenya. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

maçarico-pintado

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

Golden-rumped elephant shrew

No description available.

maçarico-pintado

O Macarico-Pintado (Actitis macularius) esta classificado como Pouco Preocupante (LC) na Lista Vermelha da UICN. Amplamente distribuido e abundante em sua area de ocorrencia, com populacoes estaveis e sem preocupacoes imediatas de conservacao.