Loose Starweb vs Malayan Water Shrew

Asterostroma laxum compared with Chimarrogale hantu

Key Differences

• Loose Starweb is Least Concern while Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Loose Starweb	Malayan Water Shrew
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Russulales (Russulales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Peniophoraceae	Soricidae
Genus	Asterostroma	Chimarrogale
Species	Asterostroma laxum	Chimarrogale hantu

Conservation Status

Loose Starweb

LC — Least Concern

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Loose Starweb

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.