Malayan Water Shrew vs silk-tassel

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Garrya elliptica

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while silk-tassel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	silk-tassel
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Garryales (Garryales)
Family	Soricidae	Garryaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Garrya
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Garrya elliptica

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

silk-tassel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	silk-tassel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

silk-tassel

Habitat

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