Malayan Water Shrew vs Needle-leaf Spiderhead

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Serruria linearis

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Needle-leaf Spiderhead is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Needle-leaf Spiderhead
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Proteales (Proteales)
Family	Soricidae	Proteaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Serruria
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Serruria linearis

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Needle-leaf Spiderhead

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Needle-leaf Spiderhead
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Needle-leaf Spiderhead

Habitat

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