Chinese Shrew Mole vs Vegetable fern

Uropsilus soricipes compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Shrew Mole	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Talpidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Uropsilus	Diplazium
Species	Uropsilus soricipes	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Chinese Shrew Mole

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Shrew Mole	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Shrew Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, 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.