Malayan Water Shrew vs Mimusops

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Mimusops coriacea

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Mimusops is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Mimusops
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Soricidae	Sapotaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Mimusops
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Mimusops coriacea

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Mimusops

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mimusops

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Seychelles, and United States.