Chinese Shrew Mole vs mountain-pepper

Uropsilus soricipes compared with Litsea cubeba

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Shrew Mole	mountain-pepper
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Laurales (Laurales)
Family	Talpidae	Lauraceae
Genus	Uropsilus	Litsea
Species	Uropsilus soricipes	Litsea cubeba

Conservation Status

Chinese Shrew Mole

LC — Least Concern

mountain-pepper

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Shrew Mole	mountain-pepper
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Shrew Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

mountain-pepper

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

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.