African Bean vs Malayan Water Shrew

Faurea saligna compared with Chimarrogale hantu

Key Differences

• African Bean is Least Concern while Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African Bean	Malayan Water Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Proteales (Proteales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Proteaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Faurea	Chimarrogale
Species	Faurea saligna	Chimarrogale hantu

Conservation Status

African Bean

LC — Least Concern

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African Bean	Malayan Water Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African Bean

Habitat

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

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

African Bean

The African Bean (Faurea saligna) is a species in the genus Faurea. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. This species inhabits Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.