Brown Knapweed vs Gansu Shrew

Centaurea jacea compared with Sorex cansulus

Key Differences

• Brown Knapweed is Least Concern while Gansu Shrew is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Knapweed	Gansu 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	Sorex
Species	Centaurea jacea	Sorex cansulus

Conservation Status

Brown Knapweed

LC — Least Concern

Gansu Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Knapweed	Gansu 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).

Gansu Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.