American Plane vs Japanese Water Shrew

Platanus occidentalis compared with Chimarrogale platycephalus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	American Plane	Japanese Water Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Proteales (Proteales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Platanaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Platanus	Chimarrogale
Species	Platanus occidentalis	Chimarrogale platycephalus

Conservation Status

American Plane

LC — Least Concern

Japanese Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	American Plane	Japanese Water Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

American Plane

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Armenia, India), Europe (5 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil, Ecuador).

Japanese Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

American Plane

The American Plane (Platanus occidentalis) is a species in the genus Platanus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.