vs Malayan Water Shrew

Entoloma queletii compared with Chimarrogale hantu

Taxonomic Classification

Rank 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 Entolomataceae Soricidae
Genus Entoloma Chimarrogale
Species Entoloma queletii Chimarrogale hantu

Conservation Status

NT — Near Threatened

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Malayan Water Shrew
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

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.

Entoloma queletii is an agaric fungus in the family Entolomataceae, assessed as Near Threatened (NT). It is found in nutrient-poor, unfertilised grasslands, a declining habitat type across Europe. Its near-threatened status reflects the loss of old, traditionally managed grasslands.

Malayan Water Shrew

No description available.

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