Malayan Water Shrew vs Pavement ant

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Tetramorium caespitum

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Pavement ant is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Pavement ant
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Soricidae	Formicidae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Tetramorium
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Tetramorium caespitum

Evolutionary Relationship

Malayan Water Shrew and Pavement ant share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Pavement ant

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Pavement ant
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pavement ant

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India), Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Argentina, Venezuela).