Malayan Water Shrew vs silver nailroot

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Paronychia argentea

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while silver nailroot is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	silver nailroot
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Soricidae	Caryophyllaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Paronychia
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Paronychia argentea

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

silver nailroot

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	silver nailroot
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

silver nailroot

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Belgium, and Sweden.