Brown Knapweed vs Dsinezumi Shrew

Centaurea jacea compared with Crocidura dsinezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Knapweed	Dsinezumi Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Soricidae
Genus	Centaurea	Crocidura
Species	Centaurea jacea	Crocidura dsinezumi

Conservation Status

Brown Knapweed

LC — Least Concern

Dsinezumi Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Knapweed	Dsinezumi Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brown Knapweed

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Tajikistan), Europe (9 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Chile).

Dsinezumi Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Japan.

Brown Knapweed

The Brown Knapweed (Centaurea jacea) is a species in the genus Centaurea. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.