Horsetail vs Malayan Water Shrew

Equisetum laevigatum compared with Chimarrogale hantu

Key Differences

• Horsetail is Not Evaluated while Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Horsetail	Malayan Water Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Equisetales (Equisetales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Equisetaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Equisetum	Chimarrogale
Species	Equisetum laevigatum	Chimarrogale hantu

Conservation Status

Horsetail

NE — Not Evaluated

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Horsetail	Malayan Water Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Horsetail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.