Malayan Water Shrew vs Rafflesia

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Rafflesia arnoldii

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Rafflesia is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Rafflesia
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Soricidae	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Chimarrogale	Rosa (Roses)
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Rafflesia arnoldii

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Rafflesia

EN — Endangered

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Rafflesia
Diet	—	Parasite
Average Lifespan	—	5 years
Average Length	—	1.0 m
Average Weight	—	11.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Rafflesia

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Indonesia and Malaysia. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Rafflesia

Rafflesia arnoldii produces the world's largest individual flower, up to 1 meter in diameter. It is a parasitic plant with no roots, stems, or leaves.