Chinese Shrew vs Spanish-needles

Sorex sinalis compared with Bidens bipinnata

Key Differences

  • Chinese Shrew is Data Deficient while Spanish-needles is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Chinese Shrew Spanish-needles
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha) Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family Soricidae Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus Sorex Bidens
Species Sorex sinalis Bidens bipinnata

Conservation Status

Chinese Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Spanish-needles

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Chinese Shrew Spanish-needles
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Spanish-needles

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (19 countries), North America (Canada), 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.

Spanish-needles

No description available.

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