Malayan Water Shrew vs Quito-orange

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Solanum quitoense

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Quito-orange is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Quito-orange
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 quitoense

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Quito-orange

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Quito-orange
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Quito-orange

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), Rwanda), North America (Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama), and South America (Colombia).