Malayan Water Shrew vs Rough Marsh-mallow

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Althaea hirsuta

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Rough Marsh-mallow is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Rough Marsh-mallow
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Soricidae	Malvaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Althaea
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Althaea hirsuta

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Rough Marsh-mallow

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Rough Marsh-mallow
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Rough Marsh-mallow

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Georgia), Europe (12 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).