Flat-skulled Shrew vs stinking goosefoot

Sorex roboratus compared with Chenopodium vulvaria

Key Differences

• Flat-skulled Shrew is Least Concern while stinking goosefoot is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Flat-skulled Shrew	stinking goosefoot
Kingdom	Animalia (động vật)	Plantae (thực vật)
Phylum	Chordata (động vật có dây sống)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (lớp Thú)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Bộ Chuột chù)	Caryophyllales (Bộ Cẩm chướng)
Family	Soricidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Sorex	Chenopodium
Species	Sorex roboratus	Chenopodium vulvaria

Conservation Status

Flat-skulled Shrew

LC — Least Concern

stinking goosefoot

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Flat-skulled Shrew	stinking goosefoot
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Flat-skulled Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

stinking goosefoot

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, flooded grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 8 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Palearctic and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Chad), Asia (Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan), Europe (20 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Chile). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.