False Dotted Border vs Japanese Water Shrew

Belenois thysa compared with Chimarrogale platycephalus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Dotted Border	Japanese Water Shrew
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Pieridae	Soricidae
Genus	Belenois	Chimarrogale
Species	Belenois thysa	Chimarrogale platycephalus

Evolutionary Relationship

False Dotted Border and Japanese Water Shrew share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

False Dotted Border

LC — Least Concern

Japanese Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Dotted Border	Japanese Water Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Dotted Border

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Japanese Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.