five-leaf crotalaria vs Japanese Weasel

Crotalaria quinquefolia compared with Mustela itatsi

Key Differences

• five-leaf crotalaria is Least Concern while Japanese Weasel is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	five-leaf crotalaria	Japanese Weasel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Fabaceae	Mustelidae (Weasels & Otters)
Genus	Crotalaria	Mustela
Species	Crotalaria quinquefolia	Mustela itatsi

Conservation Status

five-leaf crotalaria

LC — Least Concern

Japanese Weasel

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	five-leaf crotalaria	Japanese Weasel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

five-leaf crotalaria

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Australasia biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Singapore), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Guyana).

Japanese Weasel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Japan. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇯🇵 Japan