Forest Bead-string vs Japanese Water Shrew

Alchornea hirtella compared with Chimarrogale platycephalus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Forest Bead-string	Japanese Water Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Euphorbiaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Alchornea	Chimarrogale
Species	Alchornea hirtella	Chimarrogale platycephalus

Conservation Status

Forest Bead-string

LC — Least Concern

Japanese Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Forest Bead-string	Japanese Water Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Forest Bead-string

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Guinea.

Japanese Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.