Malayan Water Shrew vs mucronate screw moss

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Tortula mucronifolia

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while mucronate screw moss is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	mucronate screw moss
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Bryophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Bryopsida (Bryopsida)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Pottiales (Pottiales)
Family	Soricidae	Pottiaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Tortula
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Tortula mucronifolia

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

mucronate screw moss

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	mucronate screw moss
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

mucronate screw moss

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Oceanian realms.

Range

Distributed across New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.