Malayan Water Shrew vs Oriental asperula

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Asperula orientalis

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Oriental asperula is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Oriental asperula
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Soricidae	Rubiaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Asperula
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Asperula orientalis

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Oriental asperula

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Oriental asperula
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Oriental asperula

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (8 countries) and North America (United States).