Himalayan Water Shrew vs Vegetable fern

Chimarrogale himalayica compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Himalayan Water Shrew	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Soricidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Diplazium
Species	Chimarrogale himalayica	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Himalayan Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Himalayan Water Shrew	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Himalayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.