Chinese Shrew vs Floating Fern

Sorex sinalis compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• Chinese Shrew is Data Deficient while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Shrew	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Soricidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Sorex	Salvinia
Species	Sorex sinalis	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Chinese Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Shrew	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Floating Fern

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.