Fuzzy flatsedge vs Malayan Water Shrew

Cyperus pilosus compared with Chimarrogale hantu

Key Differences

• Fuzzy flatsedge is Least Concern while Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fuzzy flatsedge	Malayan Water Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Cyperaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Cyperus	Chimarrogale
Species	Cyperus pilosus	Chimarrogale hantu

Conservation Status

Fuzzy flatsedge

LC — Least Concern

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fuzzy flatsedge	Malayan Water Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fuzzy flatsedge

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Fiji, Samoa, Singapore, Taiwan, and United States.

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.