Chinese Shrew vs Water spangles

Sorex sinalis compared with Salvinia minima

Key Differences

• Chinese Shrew is Data Deficient while Water spangles is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Shrew	Water spangles
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Soricidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Sorex	Salvinia
Species	Sorex sinalis	Salvinia minima

Conservation Status

Chinese Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Water spangles

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Shrew	Water spangles
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Water spangles

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Sri Lanka), North America (Cuba, Dominican Republic, United States), 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.