Chinese Shrew vs Moon Trefoil

Sorex sinalis compared with Medicago arborea

Key Differences

• Chinese Shrew is Data Deficient while Moon Trefoil is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Shrew	Moon Trefoil
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	Medicago
Species	Sorex sinalis	Medicago arborea

Conservation Status

Chinese Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Moon Trefoil

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Shrew	Moon Trefoil
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Moon Trefoil

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco), Europe (8 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Chile).

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.