Malayan Water Shrew vs small scabious

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Scabiosa columbaria

Key Differences

  • Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while small scabious is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Malayan Water Shrew small scabious
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha) Dipsacales (Dipsacales)
Family Soricidae Caprifoliaceae
Genus Chimarrogale Scabiosa
Species Chimarrogale hantu Scabiosa columbaria

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

small scabious

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Malayan Water Shrew small scabious
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

small scabious

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, and temperate coniferous forests spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), and North America (United States). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Malayan Water Shrew

No description available.

small scabious

No description available.

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