Gout stalk vs Japanese Water Shrew

Jatropha podagrica compared with Chimarrogale platycephalus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gout stalk	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	Jatropha	Chimarrogale
Species	Jatropha podagrica	Chimarrogale platycephalus

Conservation Status

Gout stalk

NE — Not Evaluated

Japanese Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gout stalk

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (India, Philippines, Taiwan), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Japanese Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.