vs Gansu Shrew

Galerina calyptrata compared with Sorex cansulus

Key Differences

  • is Least Concern while Gansu Shrew is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Gansu Shrew
Kingdom Fungi (Fungi) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Basidiomycota (Club Fungi) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms) Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family Hymenogastraceae Soricidae
Genus Galerina Sorex
Species Galerina calyptrata Sorex cansulus

Conservation Status

LC — Least Concern

Gansu Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Gansu 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 Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Gansu Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Galerina calyptrata is a small, brown saprotrophic mushroom in the family Strophariaceae, growing on decaying mosses and woody debris in boreal and alpine forest habitats. Like other Galerina species, it has a small, tawny cap and a thin, fragile stipe, and many members of this genus contain deadly amatoxins. It is assessed as Least Concern and is distributed across cool temperate and subarctic regions.

Gansu Shrew

No description available.

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