Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse vs Japanese Water Shrew

Chiropodomys major compared with Chimarrogale platycephalus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Japanese Water Shrew
Kingdom same	Animalia (animal)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (mammifères)	Mammalia (mammifères)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Soricidae
Genus	Chiropodomys	Chimarrogale
Species	Chiropodomys major	Chimarrogale platycephalus

Evolutionary Relationship

Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse and Japanese Water Shrew share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (mammifères)

Conservation Status

Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Japanese Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Japanese Water Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Japanese Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.