Malayan Water Shrew vs Small Cow-Wheat

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Melampyrum sylvaticum

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Small Cow-Wheat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Small Cow-Wheat
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Soricidae	Orobanchaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Melampyrum
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Melampyrum sylvaticum

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Small Cow-Wheat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Small Cow-Wheat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Small Cow-Wheat

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.