Chinese Shrew vs Tea

Sorex sinalis compared with Camellia sinensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Shrew	Tea
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Soricidae	Theaceae
Genus	Sorex	Camellia
Species	Sorex sinalis	Camellia sinensis

Conservation Status

Chinese Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Tea

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Shrew	Tea
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tea

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 7 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (Taiwan), North America (Jamaica, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru).

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.