Chinese Shrew vs Floating Sundew

Sorex sinalis compared with Drosera intermedia

Key Differences

• Chinese Shrew is Data Deficient while Floating Sundew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Shrew	Floating Sundew
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Soricidae	Droseraceae
Genus	Sorex	Drosera
Species	Sorex sinalis	Drosera intermedia

Conservation Status

Chinese Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Floating Sundew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Floating Sundew

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (7 countries), North America (Canada, Cuba, United States), and South America (Brazil).

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.