Malayan Water Shrew vs pill sedge

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Carex pilulifera

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while pill sedge is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	pill sedge
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Soricidae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Carex
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Carex pilulifera

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

pill sedge

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	pill sedge
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

pill sedge

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).