Malayan Water Shrew vs Sacatrapo

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Caperonia palustris

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Sacatrapo is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Sacatrapo
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Soricidae	Euphorbiaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Caperonia
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Caperonia palustris

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Sacatrapo

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Sacatrapo
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sacatrapo

Habitat

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

Range

Found across North America (6 countries) and South America (Brazil, Colombia).