Chinese Shrew Mole vs Elephant Palm

Uropsilus soricipes compared with Borassus aethiopum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Shrew Mole	Elephant Palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Talpidae	Arecaceae
Genus	Uropsilus	Borassus
Species	Uropsilus soricipes	Borassus aethiopum

Conservation Status

Chinese Shrew Mole

LC — Least Concern

Elephant Palm

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Shrew Mole	Elephant Palm
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Shrew Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Elephant Palm

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Guinea and Yemen.

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.