Malayan Water Shrew vs Nimblewill

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Muhlenbergia schreberi

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Nimblewill is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Nimblewill
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Soricidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Chimarrogale	Muhlenbergia
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Muhlenbergia schreberi

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Nimblewill

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Nimblewill
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Nimblewill

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Georgia, Japan), Europe (4 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil).