Chinese Shrew vs Small Cow-Wheat

Sorex sinalis compared with Melampyrum sylvaticum

Key Differences

• Chinese Shrew is Data Deficient while Small Cow-Wheat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Shrew	Small Cow-Wheat
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Soricidae	Orobanchaceae
Genus	Sorex	Melampyrum
Species	Sorex sinalis	Melampyrum sylvaticum

Conservation Status

Chinese Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Small Cow-Wheat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Shrew	Small Cow-Wheat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Small Cow-Wheat

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.

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.