Gansu Shrew vs Indian Sundew

Sorex cansulus compared with Drosera indica

Key Differences

• Gansu Shrew is Data Deficient while Indian Sundew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gansu Shrew	Indian Sundew
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Soricidae	Droseraceae
Genus	Sorex	Drosera
Species	Sorex cansulus	Drosera indica

Conservation Status

Gansu Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Indian Sundew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gansu Shrew	Indian Sundew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gansu Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Indian Sundew

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Guinea, Namibia, and Taiwan.