Chinese Shrew vs round-leaf cassia

Sorex sinalis compared with Chamaecrista rotundifolia

Key Differences

• Chinese Shrew is Data Deficient while round-leaf cassia is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Shrew	round-leaf cassia
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	Chamaecrista
Species	Sorex sinalis	Chamaecrista rotundifolia

Conservation Status

Chinese Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

round-leaf cassia

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Shrew	round-leaf cassia
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

round-leaf cassia

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Zimbabwe), Asia (India), North America (Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.