Chestnut Dapperling vs Malayan Water Shrew

Lepiota castanea compared with Chimarrogale hantu

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Dapperling	Malayan Water Shrew
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Soricidae
Genus	Lepiota	Chimarrogale
Species	Lepiota castanea	Chimarrogale hantu

Conservation Status

Chestnut Dapperling

NT — Near Threatened

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Dapperling	Malayan Water Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Dapperling

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Chestnut Dapperling

The Chestnut Dapperling (Lepiota castanea) is a species in the genus Lepiota. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.