Malayan Water Shrew vs Para grass

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Urochloa mutica

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Para grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Para grass
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	Urochloa
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Urochloa mutica

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Para grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Para grass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Para grass

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles, Somalia), Asia (Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand), Europe (Belgium, Portugal, Spain), North America (11 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).