black-spiked sedge vs Chinese Shrew Mole

Carex melanostachya compared with Uropsilus soricipes

Key Differences

• black-spiked sedge is Not Evaluated while Chinese Shrew Mole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	black-spiked sedge	Chinese Shrew Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Cyperaceae	Talpidae
Genus	Carex	Uropsilus
Species	Carex melanostachya	Uropsilus soricipes

Conservation Status

black-spiked sedge

NE — Not Evaluated

Chinese Shrew Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	black-spiked sedge	Chinese Shrew Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

black-spiked sedge

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Belarus, Belgium, Canada, Russia, and Sweden.

Chinese Shrew Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

black-spiked sedge

The Black-spiked sedge (Carex melanostachya) is a species in the genus Carex. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Chinese Shrew Mole

The Chinese Shrew Mole (Uropsilus soricipes) is a species in the genus Uropsilus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.