Malayan Water Shrew vs Moon Trefoil

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Medicago arborea

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Moon Trefoil is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Moon Trefoil
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Soricidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Medicago
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Medicago arborea

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Moon Trefoil

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Moon Trefoil
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Moon Trefoil

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco), Europe (8 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Chile).