Giant Mole Shrew vs Sieva bean

Anourosorex schmidi compared with Phaseolus lunatus

Key Differences

• Giant Mole Shrew is Data Deficient while Sieva bean is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Giant Mole Shrew	Sieva bean
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	Anourosorex	Phaseolus
Species	Anourosorex schmidi	Phaseolus lunatus

Conservation Status

Giant Mole Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Sieva bean

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Giant Mole Shrew	Sieva bean
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Giant Mole Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sieva bean

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (20 countries), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), Europe (Spain), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (5 countries).