Chinese Shrew Mole vs utile

Uropsilus soricipes compared with Entandrophragma utile

Key Differences

• Chinese Shrew Mole is Least Concern while utile is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Shrew Mole	utile
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Talpidae	Meliaceae
Genus	Uropsilus	Entandrophragma
Species	Uropsilus soricipes	Entandrophragma utile

Conservation Status

Chinese Shrew Mole

LC — Least Concern

utile

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Shrew Mole	utile
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Shrew Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

utile

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Guinea. Currently classified as Vulnerable 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.