Malayan Water Shrew vs Plain Dark-bee

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Stelis phaeoptera

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Plain Dark-bee is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Plain Dark-bee
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	Megachilidae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Stelis
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Stelis phaeoptera

Evolutionary Relationship

Malayan Water Shrew and Plain Dark-bee share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Plain Dark-bee

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Plain Dark-bee
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Plain Dark-bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.