vs Malayan Water Shrew

Limnothrix vacuolifera compared with Chimarrogale hantu

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Malayan Water Shrew
Kingdom	Bacteria (Bacteria)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Cyanobacteria (Cyanobacteria)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Cyanobacteriia	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Pseudanabaenales (Pseudanabaenales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Pseudanabaenaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Limnothrix	Chimarrogale
Species	Limnothrix vacuolifera	Chimarrogale hantu

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Sweden.

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Limnothrix vacuolifera is a planktonic filamentous cyanobacterium that possesses gas vacuoles enabling buoyancy regulation in the water column of freshwater lakes. It forms thin, unbranched trichomes and is found in eutrophic standing water bodies. Its conservation status is not evaluated.