Malayan Water Shrew vs Mexican free-tailed bat

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Tadarida brasiliensis

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Mexican free-tailed bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Mexican free-tailed bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Soricidae	Molossidae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Tadarida
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Tadarida brasiliensis

Evolutionary Relationship

Malayan Water Shrew and Mexican free-tailed bat share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Mexican free-tailed bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Mexican free-tailed bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mexican free-tailed bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.