Chinese Mole Shrew vs Elephant Apple

Anourosorex squamipes compared with Dillenia indica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Mole Shrew	Elephant Apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Dilleniales (Dilleniales)
Family	Soricidae	Dilleniaceae
Genus	Anourosorex	Dillenia
Species	Anourosorex squamipes	Dillenia indica

Conservation Status

Chinese Mole Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Elephant Apple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Mole Shrew	Elephant Apple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Mole Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Elephant Apple

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Congo (DRC), Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, and Taiwan.

Chinese Mole Shrew

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