alpine cinquefoil vs Gansu Shrew

Potentilla crantzii compared with Sorex cansulus

Key Differences

• alpine cinquefoil is Least Concern while Gansu Shrew is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	alpine cinquefoil	Gansu Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Rosales (Roses & Allies)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Rosaceae (Rose Family)	Soricidae
Genus	Potentilla	Sorex
Species	Potentilla crantzii	Sorex cansulus

Conservation Status

alpine cinquefoil

LC — Least Concern

Gansu Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	alpine cinquefoil	Gansu Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

alpine cinquefoil

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.

Gansu Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

alpine cinquefoil

The Alpine cinquefoil (Potentilla crantzii) is a species in the genus Potentilla. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. Distributed across Canada, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.