Chinese Shrew vs Jointed Charlock

Sorex sinalis compared with Raphanus raphanistrum

Key Differences

• Chinese Shrew is Data Deficient while Jointed Charlock is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Shrew	Jointed Charlock
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Brassicales (Brassicales)
Family	Soricidae	Brassicaceae
Genus	Sorex	Raphanus
Species	Sorex sinalis	Raphanus raphanistrum

Conservation Status

Chinese Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Jointed Charlock

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Shrew	Jointed Charlock
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Jointed Charlock

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas spanning the Afrotropic and Palearctic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (7 countries), Europe (17 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (7 countries).

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.