Malayan Water Shrew vs round-leaf cassia

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Chamaecrista rotundifolia

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while round-leaf cassia is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	round-leaf cassia
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Soricidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Chamaecrista
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Chamaecrista rotundifolia

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

round-leaf cassia

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	round-leaf cassia
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

round-leaf cassia

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Zimbabwe), Asia (India), North America (Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).