Japanese Weasel vs Lantana

Mustela itatsi compared with Lantana camara

Key Differences

• Japanese Weasel is Near Threatened while Lantana is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Japanese Weasel	Lantana
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Mustelidae (Weasels & Otters)	Verbenaceae
Genus	Mustela	Lantana
Species	Mustela itatsi	Lantana camara

Conservation Status

Japanese Weasel

NT — Near Threatened

Lantana

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Japanese Weasel	Lantana
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Japanese Weasel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Japan. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Lantana

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 10 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (30 countries), Europe (10 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (14 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇯🇵 Japan