Malayan Water Shrew vs silverleaf desmodium

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Desmodium uncinatum

Key Differences

  • Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while silverleaf desmodium is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Malayan Water Shrew silverleaf desmodium
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 Desmodium
Species Chimarrogale hantu Desmodium uncinatum

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

silverleaf desmodium

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Malayan Water Shrew silverleaf desmodium
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

silverleaf desmodium

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (India, Taiwan), North America (El Salvador, Honduras), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Malayan Water Shrew

No description available.

silverleaf desmodium

No description available.

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