Malayan Water Shrew vs Phalsa

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Grewia asiatica

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Phalsa
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Soricidae	Malvaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Grewia
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Grewia asiatica

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Phalsa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Phalsa

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Seychelles, Taiwan, and United States.