Chinese Mole Shrew vs Green Amaranth

Anourosorex squamipes compared with Amaranthus hybridus

Key Differences

• Chinese Mole Shrew is Least Concern while Green Amaranth is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Mole Shrew	Green Amaranth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Soricidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Anourosorex	Amaranthus
Species	Anourosorex squamipes	Amaranthus hybridus

Conservation Status

Chinese Mole Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Green Amaranth

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Mole Shrew	Green Amaranth
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Mole Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Green Amaranth

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (15 countries), Asia (11 countries), Europe (32 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Fiji, Nauru), and South America (5 countries).

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.