Malayan Water Shrew vs mersawa

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Anisoptera costata

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while mersawa is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	mersawa
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Soricidae	Dipterocarpaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Anisoptera
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Anisoptera costata

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

mersawa

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

mersawa

Habitat

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