Chinese Water Shrew vs Hydrangea

Chimarrogale styani compared with Hydrangea macrophylla

Key Differences

• Chinese Water Shrew is Least Concern while Hydrangea is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Water Shrew	Hydrangea
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Cornales (Cornales)
Family	Soricidae	Hydrangeaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Hydrangea
Species	Chimarrogale styani	Hydrangea macrophylla

Conservation Status

Chinese Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Hydrangea

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Water Shrew	Hydrangea
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hydrangea

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles, South Africa), Asia (India, Taiwan, Turkey), Europe (10 countries), North America (Guatemala), Oceania and the Pacific (Micronesia, New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru).

Chinese Water Shrew

The Chinese Water Shrew (Chimarrogale styani) is a species in the genus Chimarrogale. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.