Malayan Water Shrew vs Sowerby's keeled slug

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Tandonia sowerbyi

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Sowerby's keeled slug is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Sowerby's keeled slug
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Soricidae	Milacidae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Tandonia
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Tandonia sowerbyi

Evolutionary Relationship

Malayan Water Shrew and Sowerby's keeled slug share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Sowerby's keeled slug

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Sowerby's keeled slug
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sowerby's keeled slug

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

Range

Found across Europe (10 countries) and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).