Malayan Water Shrew vs Mountain Waterberry

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Syzygium legatii

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Malayan Water Shrew Mountain Waterberry
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha) Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family Soricidae Myrtaceae
Genus Chimarrogale Syzygium
Species Chimarrogale hantu Syzygium legatii

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Mountain Waterberry

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Malayan Water Shrew Mountain Waterberry
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mountain Waterberry

Habitat

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

Malayan Water Shrew

No description available.

Mountain Waterberry

No description available.

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