Malayan Water Shrew vs Pencil flower

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Stylosanthes guianensis

Key Differences

  • Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Pencil flower is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Malayan Water Shrew Pencil flower
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha) Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family Soricidae Fabaceae
Genus Chimarrogale Stylosanthes
Species Chimarrogale hantu Stylosanthes guianensis

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Pencil flower

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Malayan Water Shrew Pencil flower
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pencil flower

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (7 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Malayan Water Shrew

No description available.

Pencil flower

No description available.

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