Chinese Shrew vs Rough-Fruit Amaranth

Sorex sinalis compared with Amaranthus tuberculatus

Key Differences

• Chinese Shrew is Data Deficient while Rough-Fruit Amaranth is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Shrew	Rough-Fruit Amaranth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Soricidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Sorex	Amaranthus
Species	Sorex sinalis	Amaranthus tuberculatus

Conservation Status

Chinese Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Rough-Fruit Amaranth

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Shrew	Rough-Fruit Amaranth
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Rough-Fruit Amaranth

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (10 countries), and North America (United States).

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.