Malayan Water Shrew vs Soapberry

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Sapindus saponaria

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Soapberry is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Soapberry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Soricidae	Sapindaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Sapindus
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Sapindus saponaria

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Soapberry

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Soapberry
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Soapberry

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (India, Vietnam), North America (Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala), and South America (Brazil, Chile, Colombia).