Chinese Water Shrew vs Devil's backbone

Chimarrogale styani compared with Kalanchoe daigremontiana

Key Differences

• Chinese Water Shrew is Least Concern while Devil's backbone is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Water Shrew	Devil's backbone
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Saxifragales (Saxifragales)
Family	Soricidae	Crassulaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Kalanchoe
Species	Chimarrogale styani	Kalanchoe daigremontiana

Conservation Status

Chinese Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Devil's backbone

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Water Shrew	Devil's backbone
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Devil's backbone

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Mauritius, South Africa), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Italy, Portugal, Spain), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands), and South America (Colombia, Peru, Venezuela).

Chinese Water Shrew

The Chinese Water Shrew (Chimarrogale styani) is a species in the genus Chimarrogale. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.