Chinese Shrew Mole vs Devil's Shoestring

Uropsilus soricipes compared with Tephrosia angustissima

Key Differences

• Chinese Shrew Mole is Least Concern while Devil's Shoestring is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Shrew Mole	Devil's Shoestring
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Talpidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Uropsilus	Tephrosia
Species	Uropsilus soricipes	Tephrosia angustissima

Conservation Status

Chinese Shrew Mole

LC — Least Concern

Devil's Shoestring

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Shrew Mole	Devil's Shoestring
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Shrew Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Devil's Shoestring

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Cuba. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Chinese Shrew Mole

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