Japanese Water Shrew vs Sartwell's sedge

Chimarrogale platycephalus compared with Carex sartwellii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Japanese Water Shrew	Sartwell's sedge
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Soricidae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Carex
Species	Chimarrogale platycephalus	Carex sartwellii

Conservation Status

Japanese Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Sartwell's sedge

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Japanese Water Shrew	Sartwell's sedge
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Japanese Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sartwell's sedge

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Found in Canada.