Malayan Water Shrew vs narrow-leaf paperbark

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Melaleuca alternifolia

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while narrow-leaf paperbark is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	narrow-leaf paperbark
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	Melaleuca
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Melaleuca alternifolia

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

narrow-leaf paperbark

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	narrow-leaf paperbark
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

narrow-leaf paperbark

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, India, South Africa, and Taiwan.