Giant Mole Shrew vs small water-pepper

Anourosorex schmidi compared with Persicaria minor

Key Differences

• Giant Mole Shrew is Data Deficient while small water-pepper is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Giant Mole Shrew	small water-pepper
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Soricidae	Polygonaceae
Genus	Anourosorex	Persicaria
Species	Anourosorex schmidi	Persicaria minor

Conservation Status

Giant Mole Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

small water-pepper

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Giant Mole Shrew	small water-pepper
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Giant Mole Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

small water-pepper

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar), Europe (7 countries), North America (Canada), and Oceania and the Pacific (Micronesia, Papua New Guinea).