Malayan Water Shrew vs Red Rice

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Oryza punctata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Red Rice
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Soricidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Chimarrogale	Oryza (Rice)
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Oryza punctata

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Red Rice

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red Rice

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across India and Taiwan.