Malayan Water Shrew vs Spring vetch

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Vicia lathyroides

Key Differences

  • Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Spring vetch is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Malayan Water Shrew Spring vetch
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha) Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family Soricidae Fabaceae
Genus Chimarrogale Vicia
Species Chimarrogale hantu Vicia lathyroides

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Spring vetch

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Malayan Water Shrew Spring vetch
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Spring vetch

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, and temperate coniferous forests spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), and North America (Canada, United States). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Malayan Water Shrew

No description available.

Spring vetch

No description available.

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