Chinese Shrew Mole vs Floating Fern

Uropsilus soricipes compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Shrew Mole	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Talpidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Uropsilus	Salvinia
Species	Uropsilus soricipes	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Chinese Shrew Mole

LC — Least Concern

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Shrew Mole	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Shrew Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Floating Fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.