Fly marsh elder vs Malayan Water Shrew

Iva cheiranthifolia compared with Chimarrogale hantu

Key Differences

• Fly marsh elder is Least Concern while Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fly marsh elder	Malayan Water Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Soricidae
Genus	Iva	Chimarrogale
Species	Iva cheiranthifolia	Chimarrogale hantu

Conservation Status

Fly marsh elder

LC — Least Concern

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fly marsh elder	Malayan Water Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fly marsh elder

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Cuba and United States.

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.