featherwing beetle vs Malayan Water Shrew

Acrotrichis cognata compared with Chimarrogale hantu

Key Differences

• featherwing beetle is Least Concern while Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	featherwing beetle	Malayan Water Shrew
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Ptiliidae	Soricidae
Genus	Acrotrichis	Chimarrogale
Species	Acrotrichis cognata	Chimarrogale hantu

Evolutionary Relationship

featherwing beetle and Malayan Water Shrew share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

featherwing beetle

LC — Least Concern

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	featherwing beetle	Malayan Water Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

featherwing beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (11 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.