Malayan Water Shrew vs Orange cestrum

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Cestrum aurantiacum

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Orange cestrum is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Orange cestrum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Soricidae	Solanaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Cestrum
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Cestrum aurantiacum

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Orange cestrum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Orange cestrum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Orange cestrum

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (India, Indonesia), North America (Guatemala, Honduras, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand).