Bluish-bracted Dandelion vs Malayan Water Shrew

Taraxacum cyanolepis compared with Chimarrogale hantu

Key Differences

• Bluish-bracted Dandelion is Least Concern while Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bluish-bracted Dandelion	Malayan Water Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Soricidae
Genus	Taraxacum	Chimarrogale
Species	Taraxacum cyanolepis	Chimarrogale hantu

Conservation Status

Bluish-bracted Dandelion

LC — Least Concern

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bluish-bracted Dandelion	Malayan Water Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bluish-bracted Dandelion

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bluish-bracted Dandelion

The Bluish-bracted Dandelion (Taraxacum cyanolepis) is a species in the genus Taraxacum. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.