Malayan Water Shrew vs Spitting Spider

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Scytodes thoracica

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Spitting Spider is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Spitting Spider
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Araneae (Araneae)
Family	Soricidae	Scytodidae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Scytodes
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Scytodes thoracica

Evolutionary Relationship

Malayan Water Shrew and Spitting Spider share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Spitting Spider

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Spitting Spider
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Spitting Spider

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial habitats from forests to deserts.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (28 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).