Chinese Shrew vs Lagos-rubber

Sorex sinalis compared with Funtumia africana

Key Differences

• Chinese Shrew is Data Deficient while Lagos-rubber is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Shrew	Lagos-rubber
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Soricidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Sorex	Funtumia
Species	Sorex sinalis	Funtumia africana

Conservation Status

Chinese Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Lagos-rubber

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Shrew	Lagos-rubber
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lagos-rubber

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Angola, Guinea, and India.

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.