Japanese Water Shrew vs smooth heliotrope

Chimarrogale platycephalus compared with Heliotropium curassavicum

Key Differences

• Japanese Water Shrew is Least Concern while smooth heliotrope is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Japanese Water Shrew	smooth heliotrope
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Soricidae	Heliotropiaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Heliotropium
Species	Chimarrogale platycephalus	Heliotropium curassavicum

Conservation Status

Japanese Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

smooth heliotrope

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Japanese Water Shrew	smooth heliotrope
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Japanese Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

smooth heliotrope

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (13 countries), North America (Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).