Disc Mayweed vs Japanese Water Shrew

Matricaria discoidea compared with Chimarrogale platycephalus

Key Differences

• Disc Mayweed is Not Evaluated while Japanese Water Shrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Disc Mayweed	Japanese Water Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Soricidae
Genus	Matricaria	Chimarrogale
Species	Matricaria discoidea	Chimarrogale platycephalus

Conservation Status

Disc Mayweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Japanese Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Disc Mayweed	Japanese Water Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Disc Mayweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (5 countries), Europe (33 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Chile).

Japanese Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.