calopo vs Malayan Water Shrew

Calopogonium mucunoides compared with Chimarrogale hantu

Key Differences

• calopo is Least Concern while Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	calopo	Malayan Water Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Fabaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Calopogonium	Chimarrogale
Species	Calopogonium mucunoides	Chimarrogale hantu

Conservation Status

calopo

LC — Least Concern

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	calopo	Malayan Water Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

calopo

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 9 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (18 countries), Asia (12 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (9 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

calopo

The Calopo (Calopogonium mucunoides) is a species in the genus Calopogonium. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 9 distinct biome types. Populations