Malayan Water Shrew vs Sickle Medick

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Medicago falcata

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Sickle Medick is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Sickle Medick
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Soricidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Medicago
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Medicago falcata

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Sickle Medick

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Sickle Medick
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sickle Medick

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco, South Africa), Asia (Japan, Taiwan), Europe (10 countries), and South America (Brazil).