Malayan Water Shrew vs Spear-Leaved Willowherb

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Epilobium lanceolatum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Spear-Leaved Willowherb
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Soricidae	Onagraceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Epilobium
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Epilobium lanceolatum

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Spear-Leaved Willowherb

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Spear-Leaved Willowherb
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Spear-Leaved Willowherb

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Norway, and Portugal. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.