Malayan Water Shrew vs Prickly Heath

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Gaultheria mucronata

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Prickly Heath is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Prickly Heath
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Soricidae	Ericaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Gaultheria
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Gaultheria mucronata

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Prickly Heath

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Prickly Heath
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Heath

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and United Kingdom.