Chinese Mole Shrew vs Tickclover

Anourosorex squamipes compared with Desmodium incanum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Chinese Mole Shrew Tickclover
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha) Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family Soricidae Fabaceae
Genus Anourosorex Desmodium
Species Anourosorex squamipes Desmodium incanum

Conservation Status

Chinese Mole Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Tickclover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Mole Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tickclover

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (Japan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 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.

Tickclover

No description available.

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