Malayan Water Shrew vs Mountain Cherry

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Prunus prostrata

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Mountain Cherry is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Mountain Cherry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Soricidae	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Chimarrogale	Prunus (Cherries & Plums)
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Prunus prostrata

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Mountain Cherry

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Mountain Cherry
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mountain Cherry

Habitat

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