Indian Sundew vs Malayan Water Shrew

Drosera indica compared with Chimarrogale hantu

Key Differences

• Indian Sundew is Least Concern while Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Indian Sundew	Malayan Water Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Droseraceae	Soricidae
Genus	Drosera	Chimarrogale
Species	Drosera indica	Chimarrogale hantu

Conservation Status

Indian Sundew

LC — Least Concern

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Indian Sundew	Malayan Water Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Indian Sundew

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Guinea, Namibia, and Taiwan.

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.