Malayan Water Shrew vs Slender Borage

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Borago pygmaea

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Slender Borage is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Slender Borage
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Soricidae	Boraginaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Borago
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Borago pygmaea

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Slender Borage

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Slender Borage
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Slender Borage

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.