Malayan Water Shrew vs plicate door snail

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Macrogastra plicatula

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while plicate door snail is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	plicate door snail
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Soricidae	Clausiliidae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Macrogastra
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Macrogastra plicatula

Evolutionary Relationship

Malayan Water Shrew and plicate door snail share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

plicate door snail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	plicate door snail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

plicate door snail

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

Range

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