Malayan Water Shrew vs Marble-fruit Prickly-pear

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Opuntia strigil

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Marble-fruit Prickly-pear is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Marble-fruit Prickly-pear
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Soricidae	Cactaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Opuntia
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Opuntia strigil

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Marble-fruit Prickly-pear

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Marble-fruit Prickly-pear
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Marble-fruit Prickly-pear

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.