Malayan Water Shrew vs Shoebutton

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Ardisia elliptica

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Shoebutton is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Shoebutton
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Soricidae	Primulaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Ardisia
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Ardisia elliptica

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Shoebutton

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Shoebutton

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Mauritius, Seychelles, South Africa), Asia (Maldives, Taiwan), Europe (Norway), North America (8 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Samoa).