Corn spurry vs Gansu Shrew

Spergula arvensis compared with Sorex cansulus

Key Differences

• Corn spurry is Least Concern while Gansu Shrew is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Corn spurry	Gansu Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Caryophyllaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Spergula	Sorex
Species	Spergula arvensis	Sorex cansulus

Conservation Status

Corn spurry

LC — Least Concern

Gansu Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Corn spurry	Gansu Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Corn spurry

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 5 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (10 countries), Europe (20 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (6 countries).

Gansu Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.