Conch apple vs Malayan Water Shrew

Passiflora maliformis compared with Chimarrogale hantu

Key Differences

• Conch apple is Least Concern while Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Conch apple	Malayan Water Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Passifloraceae	Soricidae
Genus	Passiflora	Chimarrogale
Species	Passiflora maliformis	Chimarrogale hantu

Conservation Status

Conch apple

LC — Least Concern

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Conch apple	Malayan Water Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Conch apple

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC)), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (Chile, Colombia).

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.