Malayan Water Shrew vs Slash pine

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Pinus elliottii

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Slash pine is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Slash pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Coniferophyta (Conifers)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pinopsida (Conifers)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Pinales (Pines & Allies)
Family	Soricidae	Pinaceae (Pine Family)
Genus	Chimarrogale	Pinus (Pines)
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Pinus elliottii

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Slash pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Slash pine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Slash pine

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Bangladesh, Taiwan), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (4 countries).