Malayan Water Shrew vs Sand Violet

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Viola fimbriatula

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Sand Violet is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Sand Violet
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Soricidae	Violaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Viola
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Viola fimbriatula

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Sand Violet

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Sand Violet
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sand Violet

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.