Malayan Water Shrew vs Seba's Short-tailed Bat

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Carollia perspicillata

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Seba's Short-tailed Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Seba's Short-tailed Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Soricidae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Carollia
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Carollia perspicillata

Evolutionary Relationship

Malayan Water Shrew and Seba's Short-tailed Bat share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Seba's Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Seba's Short-tailed Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Seba's Short-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.