Malayan Water Shrew vs Purple Potato

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Solanum vernei

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Purple Potato is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Purple Potato
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Soricidae	Solanaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Solanum
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Solanum vernei

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Purple Potato

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Purple Potato
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Purple Potato

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.