Malayan Water Shrew vs small notchwort

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Lophozia ascendens

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while small notchwort is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	small notchwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Jungermanniales (Jungermanniales)
Family	Soricidae	Lophoziaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Lophozia
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Lophozia ascendens

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

small notchwort

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	small notchwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

small notchwort

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.