Malayan Water Shrew vs Rough Bluegrass

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Poa trivialis

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Rough Bluegrass is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Rough Bluegrass
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	Poa
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Poa trivialis

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Rough Bluegrass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Rough Bluegrass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Rough Bluegrass

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan, North Korea, Taiwan), Europe (9 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Chile, Ecuador).