Barnyard Grass vs Malayan Water Shrew

Echinochloa crus-galli compared with Chimarrogale hantu

Key Differences

• Barnyard Grass is Not Evaluated while Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barnyard Grass	Malayan Water Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Soricidae
Genus	Echinochloa	Chimarrogale
Species	Echinochloa crus-galli	Chimarrogale hantu

Conservation Status

Barnyard Grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barnyard Grass	Malayan Water Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barnyard Grass

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Neotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (12 countries), Asia (19 countries), Europe (22 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Barnyard Grass

The Barnyard Grass (Echinochloa crus-galli) is a species in the genus Echinochloa. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Neotropic and Palea