Chinese Mole Shrew vs ilima

Anourosorex squamipes compared with Sida cordifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Chinese Mole Shrew ilima
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha) Malvales (Malvales)
Family Soricidae Malvaceae
Genus Anourosorex Sida
Species Anourosorex squamipes Sida cordifolia

Conservation Status

Chinese Mole Shrew

LC — Least Concern

ilima

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Chinese Mole Shrew ilima
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Mole Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

ilima

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (Sweden), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.

ilima

No description available.

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