vs Giant Mole Shrew

Flagelloscypha punctiformis compared with Anourosorex schmidi

Key Differences

• is Least Concern while Giant Mole Shrew is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Giant Mole Shrew
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Niaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Flagelloscypha	Anourosorex
Species	Flagelloscypha punctiformis	Anourosorex schmidi

Conservation Status

LC — Least Concern

Giant Mole Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Giant Mole Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Giant Mole Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Flagelloscypha punctiformis is a minute, hairy cup fungus with tiny white to cream-colored apothecia bearing distinctive bristle-like hairs on the outer surface. It grows on dead branches and twigs of hardwood trees in temperate European forests. This saprotrophic ascomycete decomposes dead woody plant material in its forest habitat.