Malayan Water Shrew vs small water-pepper

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Persicaria minor

Key Differences

  • Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while small water-pepper is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Malayan Water Shrew small water-pepper
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha) Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family Soricidae Polygonaceae
Genus Chimarrogale Persicaria
Species Chimarrogale hantu Persicaria minor

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

small water-pepper

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Malayan Water Shrew small water-pepper
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

small water-pepper

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar), Europe (7 countries), North America (Canada), and Oceania and the Pacific (Micronesia, Papua New Guinea).

Malayan Water Shrew

No description available.

small water-pepper

No description available.

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