Chinese Shrew Mole vs Lesser Whipwort

Uropsilus soricipes compared with Bazzania tricrenata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Shrew Mole	Lesser Whipwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Jungermanniales (Jungermanniales)
Family	Talpidae	Lepidoziaceae
Genus	Uropsilus	Bazzania
Species	Uropsilus soricipes	Bazzania tricrenata

Conservation Status

Chinese Shrew Mole

LC — Least Concern

Lesser Whipwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Shrew Mole	Lesser Whipwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Shrew Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lesser Whipwort

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, Taiwan, and United States.

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.