Chinese Shrew vs small water-pepper

Sorex sinalis compared with Persicaria minor

Key Differences

• Chinese Shrew is Data Deficient while small water-pepper is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Shrew	small water-pepper
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Soricidae	Polygonaceae
Genus	Sorex	Persicaria
Species	Sorex sinalis	Persicaria minor

Conservation Status

Chinese Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

small water-pepper

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Shrew	small water-pepper
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

small water-pepper

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar), Europe (7 countries), North America (Canada), and Oceania and the Pacific (Micronesia, Papua New Guinea).

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.