Japanese Water Shrew vs three-lobed crowfoot

Chimarrogale platycephalus compared with Ranunculus tripartitus

Key Differences

• Japanese Water Shrew is Least Concern while three-lobed crowfoot is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Japanese Water Shrew	three-lobed crowfoot
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family	Soricidae	Ranunculaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Ranunculus
Species	Chimarrogale platycephalus	Ranunculus tripartitus

Conservation Status

Japanese Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

three-lobed crowfoot

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Japanese Water Shrew	three-lobed crowfoot
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Japanese Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

three-lobed crowfoot

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Portugal. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.