Malayan Water Shrew vs parma wallaby

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Macropus parma

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	parma wallaby
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)
Family	Soricidae	Macropodidae (Kangaroos)
Genus	Chimarrogale	Macropus (Kangaroos)
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Macropus parma

Evolutionary Relationship

Malayan Water Shrew and parma wallaby share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

parma wallaby

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	parma wallaby
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

parma wallaby

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Oceanian realms.

Range

Found in New Zealand. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.