Malayan Water Shrew vs Prostrate pigweed

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Amaranthus albus

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Prostrate pigweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Prostrate pigweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Soricidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Amaranthus
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Amaranthus albus

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Prostrate pigweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Prostrate pigweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prostrate pigweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, Morocco), Asia (9 countries), Europe (31 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Chile).