Malayan Water Shrew vs Panicled Spot Flower

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Acmella paniculata

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Panicled Spot Flower is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Panicled Spot Flower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Soricidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Chimarrogale	Acmella
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Acmella paniculata

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Panicled Spot Flower

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Panicled Spot Flower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Panicled Spot Flower

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar), Asia (Japan, Taiwan), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).