Japanese Water Shrew vs Spiny Threadwort

Chimarrogale platycephalus compared with Cephaloziella spinigera

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Japanese Water Shrew	Spiny Threadwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Jungermanniales (Jungermanniales)
Family	Soricidae	Cephaloziellaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Cephaloziella
Species	Chimarrogale platycephalus	Cephaloziella spinigera

Conservation Status

Japanese Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Spiny Threadwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Japanese Water Shrew	Spiny Threadwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Japanese Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Spiny Threadwort

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.