Chinese Mole Shrew vs

Anourosorex squamipes compared with Postia lowei

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Chinese Mole Shrew
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha) Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family Soricidae Dacryobolaceae
Genus Anourosorex Postia
Species Anourosorex squamipes Postia lowei

Conservation Status

Chinese Mole Shrew

LC — Least Concern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Chinese Mole Shrew
Diet — —
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Average Length — —
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Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Mole Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, 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.

Postia lowei is a soft, white to cream-colored bracket fungus forming annual, shelf-like fruiting bodies on decaying conifer wood. It inhabits boreal and montane coniferous forests, growing on dead fallen logs and stumps. This brown-rot saprotrophic fungus decomposes the cellulose of conifer wood, leaving characteristic brown cubical rot.

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