Malayan Water Shrew vs Moluccan Masked Flying Fox

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Pteropus personatus

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Moluccan Masked Flying Fox is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Moluccan Masked Flying Fox
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	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Chimarrogale	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Pteropus personatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Malayan Water Shrew and Moluccan Masked Flying Fox share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Moluccan Masked Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Moluccan Masked Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Moluccan Masked Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.