Malayan Water Shrew vs Running mountaingrass

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Oplismenus compositus

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Running mountaingrass is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Running mountaingrass
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	Oplismenus
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Oplismenus compositus

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Running mountaingrass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Running mountaingrass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Running mountaingrass

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Indonesia, Taiwan), Europe (France, United Kingdom), North America (Guatemala, Honduras, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (9 countries), and South America (Colombia).