Deviltree vs Himalayan Water Shrew

Alstonia macrophylla compared with Chimarrogale himalayica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Deviltree Himalayan Water Shrew
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Gentianales (Gentianales) Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family Apocynaceae Soricidae
Genus Alstonia Chimarrogale
Species Alstonia macrophylla Chimarrogale himalayica

Conservation Status

Deviltree

LC — Least Concern

Himalayan Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Deviltree Himalayan Water Shrew
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Deviltree

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.

Himalayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Deviltree

No description available.

Himalayan Water Shrew

No description available.

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