Gansu Shrew vs Greenleaf ticktrefoil

Sorex cansulus compared with Desmodium intortum

Key Differences

• Gansu Shrew is Data Deficient while Greenleaf ticktrefoil is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gansu Shrew	Greenleaf ticktrefoil
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Soricidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Sorex	Desmodium
Species	Sorex cansulus	Desmodium intortum

Conservation Status

Gansu Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Greenleaf ticktrefoil

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gansu Shrew	Greenleaf ticktrefoil
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gansu Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Greenleaf ticktrefoil

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (Japan, Taiwan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Papua New Guinea), and South America (Colombia).