Malayan Water Shrew vs Silkrubber

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Funtumia elastica

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Silkrubber is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Silkrubber
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Soricidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Funtumia
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Funtumia elastica

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Silkrubber

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Silkrubber

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon, Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, and Seychelles.