Fourspike heliotrope vs Malayan Water Shrew

Euploca procumbens compared with Chimarrogale hantu

Key Differences

• Fourspike heliotrope is Least Concern while Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fourspike heliotrope	Malayan Water Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Heliotropiaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Euploca	Chimarrogale
Species	Euploca procumbens	Chimarrogale hantu

Conservation Status

Fourspike heliotrope

LC — Least Concern

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fourspike heliotrope	Malayan Water Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fourspike heliotrope

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Australasia biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Cuba, Micronesia, Solomon Islands, and United States.

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.