Malayan Water Shrew vs soft needleleaf

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Polycnemum arvense

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while soft needleleaf is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	soft needleleaf
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Soricidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Polycnemum
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Polycnemum arvense

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

soft needleleaf

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	soft needleleaf
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

soft needleleaf

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (15 countries) and North America (Canada).