Inquisitive Shrew Mole vs

Uropsilus investigator compared with Physarum viride

Key Differences

• Inquisitive Shrew Mole is Data Deficient while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Inquisitive Shrew Mole
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Protozoa (protozoa)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mycetozoa
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Myxomycetes (Myxomycetes)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Physarales (Physarales)
Family	Talpidae	Physaraceae
Genus	Uropsilus	Physarum
Species	Uropsilus investigator	Physarum viride

Conservation Status

Inquisitive Shrew Mole

DD — Data Deficient

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Inquisitive Shrew Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Inquisitive Shrew Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Belgium, Norway, Sweden), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Physarum viride is a vibrantly coloured myxomycete (slime mould) producing small, bright yellow-green sporangia on decaying organic matter including dead wood, leaves, and litter in forest habitats. Like all Physarum species, it spends part of its life as a multinucleate plasmodium that creeps across substrates to engulf food particles. This species is found in moist woodlands across temperate and tropical zones.