arrowhead vs Himalayan Water Shrew

Sagittaria sagittifolia compared with Chimarrogale himalayica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank arrowhead Himalayan Water Shrew
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Liliopsida (Monocots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Alismatales (Alismatales) Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family Alismataceae Soricidae
Genus Sagittaria Chimarrogale
Species Sagittaria sagittifolia Chimarrogale himalayica

Conservation Status

arrowhead

LC — Least Concern

Himalayan Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute arrowhead Himalayan Water Shrew
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

arrowhead

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India), Europe (7 countries), North America (Mexico), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Fiji).

Himalayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

arrowhead

The Arrowhead, Sagittaria sagittifolia, is a species. It is currently assessed as least concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Himalayan Water Shrew

No description available.

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