Malayan Water Shrew vs myrtle willow

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Salix myrsinites

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while myrtle willow is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	myrtle willow
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Soricidae	Salicaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Salix
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Salix myrsinites

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

myrtle willow

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	myrtle willow
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

myrtle willow

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.