Malayan Water Shrew vs Slender centaury

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Centaurium tenuiflorum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Slender centaury
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Soricidae	Gentianaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Centaurium
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Centaurium tenuiflorum

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Slender centaury

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Slender centaury

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Japan, Portugal, and United States.