Channeled Applesnail vs Malayan Water Shrew

Pomacea canaliculata compared with Chimarrogale hantu

Key Differences

Channeled Applesnail is Least Concern while Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Channeled Applesnail	Malayan Water Shrew
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Ampullariidae	Soricidae
Genus	Pomacea	Chimarrogale
Species	Pomacea canaliculata	Chimarrogale hantu

Evolutionary Relationship

Channeled Applesnail and Malayan Water Shrew share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

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Conservation Status

Channeled Applesnail

LC — Least Concern

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Channeled Applesnail	Malayan Water Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Channeled Applesnail

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (16 countries), Europe (Norway, Spain), North America (Dominican Republic, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Papua New Guinea), and South America (Chile).

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Channeled Applesnail

The Channeled Applesnail (Pomacea canaliculata) is a species in the genus Pomacea. 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 coniferous forests, among 9 distinct biome types. Populations are a.