Malayan Water Shrew vs rock feather moss

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Lescuraea saxicola

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while rock feather moss is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	rock feather moss
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Bryophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Bryopsida (Bryopsida)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Hypnales (Hypnales)
Family	Soricidae	Pseudoleskeaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Lescuraea
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Lescuraea saxicola

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

rock feather moss

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	rock feather moss
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

rock feather moss

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, Taiwan, and United States.