Chinese Shrew vs coral-bean

Sorex sinalis compared with Erythrina fusca

Key Differences

• Chinese Shrew is Data Deficient while coral-bean is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Shrew	coral-bean
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Soricidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Sorex	Erythrina
Species	Sorex sinalis	Erythrina fusca

Conservation Status

Chinese Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

coral-bean

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Shrew	coral-bean
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

coral-bean

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar, Sao Tome and Principe), Oceania and the Pacific (Tonga), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Chinese Shrew

The Chinese Shrew (Sorex sinalis) is a species in the genus Sorex. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List.