Malayan Water Shrew vs mountain-pepper

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Litsea cubeba

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while mountain-pepper is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	mountain-pepper
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Laurales (Laurales)
Family	Soricidae	Lauraceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Litsea
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Litsea cubeba

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

mountain-pepper

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	mountain-pepper
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

mountain-pepper

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Taiwan.