Malayan Water Shrew vs Meadow-sweet Button

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Acleris shepherdana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Meadow-sweet Button
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Soricidae	Tortricidae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Acleris
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Acleris shepherdana

Evolutionary Relationship

Malayan Water Shrew and Meadow-sweet Button share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Meadow-sweet Button

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Meadow-sweet Button
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Meadow-sweet Button

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.