Gansu Shrew vs Vegetable fern

Sorex cansulus compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

• Gansu Shrew is Data Deficient while Vegetable fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gansu Shrew	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Soricidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Sorex	Diplazium
Species	Sorex cansulus	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Gansu Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gansu Shrew	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gansu Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.