Floating Bur-Reed vs Inquisitive Shrew Mole

Sparganium fluctuans compared with Uropsilus investigator

Key Differences

• Floating Bur-Reed is Least Concern while Inquisitive Shrew Mole is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Bur-Reed	Inquisitive Shrew Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Typhaceae	Talpidae
Genus	Sparganium	Uropsilus
Species	Sparganium fluctuans	Uropsilus investigator

Conservation Status

Floating Bur-Reed

LC — Least Concern

Inquisitive Shrew Mole

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Bur-Reed	Inquisitive Shrew Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Floating Bur-Reed

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Inquisitive Shrew Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.