vs Japanese Water Shrew

Echinoderma jacobi compared with Chimarrogale platycephalus

Key Differences

• is Vulnerable while Japanese Water Shrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Japanese Water Shrew
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Soricidae
Genus	Echinoderma	Chimarrogale
Species	Echinoderma jacobi	Chimarrogale platycephalus

Conservation Status

VU — Vulnerable

Japanese Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Japanese Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.