Branched Centaury vs Giant Mole Shrew

Centaurium pulchellum compared with Blarina brevicauda

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Branched Centaury	Giant Mole Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Gentianaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Centaurium	Blarina
Species	Centaurium pulchellum	Blarina brevicauda

Conservation Status

Branched Centaury

LC — Least Concern

Giant Mole Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Branched Centaury	Giant Mole Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Branched Centaury

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, temperate coniferous forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Pakistan, Qatar), Europe (5 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).

Giant Mole Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in United States.

Branched Centaury

The Branched centaury (Centaurium pulchellum) is a species in the genus Centaurium. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, temperate coniferous forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms. Populations

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇺🇸 United States