Malayan Water Shrew vs Shelled Slug

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Testacella haliotidea

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Shelled Slug is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Shelled Slug
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Soricidae	Testacellidae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Testacella
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Testacella haliotidea

Evolutionary Relationship

Malayan Water Shrew and Shelled Slug share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Shelled Slug

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Shelled Slug
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Shelled Slug

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (9 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).