Malayan Water Shrew vs Murray Plum

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Prunus murrayana

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Murray Plum is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Murray Plum
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 murrayana

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Murray Plum

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Murray Plum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Murray Plum

Habitat

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