Chinese Shrew Mole vs Glabrous Catsear

Uropsilus soricipes compared with Hypochaeris glabra

Key Differences

• Chinese Shrew Mole is Least Concern while Glabrous Catsear is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Shrew Mole	Glabrous Catsear
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Talpidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Uropsilus	Hypochaeris
Species	Uropsilus soricipes	Hypochaeris glabra

Conservation Status

Chinese Shrew Mole

LC — Least Concern

Glabrous Catsear

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Shrew Mole	Glabrous Catsear
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Shrew Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Glabrous Catsear

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands, among 12 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (India, Japan, Taiwan), Europe (5 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (5 countries). Currently classified as Critically 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.