Bearded Sedge vs Malayan Water Shrew

Carex comosa compared with Chimarrogale hantu

Key Differences

• Bearded Sedge is Least Concern while Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bearded Sedge	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	Cyperaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Carex	Chimarrogale
Species	Carex comosa	Chimarrogale hantu

Conservation Status

Bearded Sedge

LC — Least Concern

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bearded Sedge	Malayan Water Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bearded Sedge

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bearded Sedge

The Bearded Sedge (Carex comosa) is a species in the genus Carex. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.