Japanese Water Shrew vs mersawa

Chimarrogale platycephalus compared with Anisoptera costata

Key Differences

• Japanese Water Shrew is Least Concern while mersawa is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Japanese Water Shrew	mersawa
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Soricidae	Dipterocarpaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Anisoptera
Species	Chimarrogale platycephalus	Anisoptera costata

Conservation Status

Japanese Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

mersawa

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Japanese Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

mersawa

Habitat

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