vs Japanese Water Shrew

Dyadobacter jiangsuensis compared with Chimarrogale platycephalus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Japanese Water Shrew
Kingdom	Bacteria (Bacteria)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Bacteroidota (Bacteroidota)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Bacteroidia (Bacteroidia)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Cytophagales (Cytophagales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Spirosomaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Dyadobacter	Chimarrogale
Species	Dyadobacter jiangsuensis	Chimarrogale platycephalus

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

Japanese Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Asia, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Japanese Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dyadobacter jiangsuensis is a Gram-negative, orange-pigmented bacterium in the family Cytophagaceae, first isolated from soil samples in Jiangsu Province, China. It is aerobic, rod-shaped, and non-motile, with the capacity to degrade polysaccharides in its soil environment. The genus Dyadobacter is part of the diverse Bacteroidetes phylum widely distributed in terrestrial and freshwater habitats.