False Dotted Border vs Malayan Water Shrew

Belenois thysa compared with Chimarrogale hantu

Key Differences

• False Dotted Border is Least Concern while Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Dotted Border	Malayan Water Shrew
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Pieridae	Soricidae
Genus	Belenois	Chimarrogale
Species	Belenois thysa	Chimarrogale hantu

Evolutionary Relationship

False Dotted Border and Malayan Water Shrew share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

False Dotted Border

LC — Least Concern

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Dotted Border	Malayan Water Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Dotted Border

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.