Malayan Water Shrew vs persimmon

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Diospyros kaki

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while persimmon is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	persimmon
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Soricidae	Ebenaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Diospyros
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Diospyros kaki

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

persimmon

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	persimmon
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

persimmon

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Libya), Asia (4 countries), Europe (8 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).