Malayan Water Shrew vs Redclaw

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Cherax quadricarinatus

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Redclaw is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Redclaw
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Malacostraca (Crustaceans)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Decapoda (Decapoda)
Family	Soricidae	Parastacidae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Cherax
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Cherax quadricarinatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Malayan Water Shrew and Redclaw share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Redclaw

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Redclaw
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Redclaw

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (8 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (5 countries), and South America (5 countries).