Malayan Water Shrew vs Red ash

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Alphitonia excelsa

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Red ash is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Red ash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Soricidae	Rhamnaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Alphitonia
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Alphitonia excelsa

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Red ash

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Red ash
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red ash

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across India, Papua New Guinea, and United States.