Malayan Water Shrew vs Smooth Stonewort

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Nitella flexilis

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Smooth Stonewort is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Smooth Stonewort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Charophyta (Charophyta)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Charophyceae (Charophyceae)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Charales (Charales)
Family	Soricidae	Characeae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Nitella
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Nitella flexilis

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Smooth Stonewort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Smooth Stonewort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Smooth Stonewort

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.