Chinese Shrew vs Red Campion

Sorex sinalis compared with Silene dioica

Key Differences

• Chinese Shrew is Data Deficient while Red Campion is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Shrew	Red Campion
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Soricidae	Caryophyllaceae
Genus	Sorex	Silene
Species	Sorex sinalis	Silene dioica

Conservation Status

Chinese Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Red Campion

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Shrew	Red Campion
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red Campion

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), 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.