Gray Red-backed Vole vs Japanese Water Shrew

Myodes rufocanus compared with Chimarrogale platycephalus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Gray Red-backed Vole Japanese Water Shrew
Kingdom same Animalia (动物界) Animalia (动物界)
Phylum same Chordata (脊索动物门) Chordata (脊索动物门)
Class same Mammalia (哺乳動物) Mammalia (哺乳動物)
Order Rodentia (啮齿目) Soricomorpha (鼩形目)
Family Cricetidae Soricidae
Genus Myodes Chimarrogale
Species Myodes rufocanus Chimarrogale platycephalus

Evolutionary Relationship

Gray Red-backed Vole and Japanese Water Shrew share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (哺乳動物)

Conservation Status

Gray Red-backed Vole

LC — Least Concern

Japanese Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Gray Red-backed Vole Japanese Water Shrew
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray Red-backed Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Norway.

Japanese Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Gray Red-backed Vole

No description available.

Japanese Water Shrew

No description available.

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