Malayan Water Shrew vs Narrow-leafed Ash

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Fraxinus angustifolia

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Narrow-leafed Ash is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Narrow-leafed Ash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Soricidae	Oleaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Fraxinus
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Fraxinus angustifolia

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Narrow-leafed Ash

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Narrow-leafed Ash
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Narrow-leafed Ash

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Cyprus), Europe (6 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).