Malayan Water Shrew vs Simons’s Mouse Opossum

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Marmosa simonsi

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Simons’s Mouse Opossum is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Simons’s Mouse Opossum
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Soricidae	Didelphidae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Marmosa
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Marmosa simonsi

Evolutionary Relationship

Malayan Water Shrew and Simons’s Mouse Opossum share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Simons’s Mouse Opossum

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Simons’s Mouse Opossum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Simons’s Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador.