Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse vs Japanese Water Shrew

Chiropodomys muroides compared with Chimarrogale platycephalus

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse is Data Deficient while Japanese Water Shrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Japanese Water Shrew
Kingdom same	Animalia (động vật)	Animalia (động vật)
Phylum same	Chordata (động vật có dây sống)	Chordata (động vật có dây sống)
Class same	Mammalia (lớp Thú)	Mammalia (lớp Thú)
Order	Rodentia (Bộ Gặm nhấm)	Soricomorpha (Bộ Chuột chù)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Soricidae
Genus	Chiropodomys	Chimarrogale
Species	Chiropodomys muroides	Chimarrogale platycephalus

Evolutionary Relationship

Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse and Japanese Water Shrew share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (lớp Thú)

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

Japanese Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-bellied 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.