Malayan Water Shrew vs

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Stephanoeca kentii

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Protozoa (protozoa)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Choanozoa (Choanozoa)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Choanoflagellatea (Choanoflagellatea)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Choanoflagellida (Choanoflagellida)
Family	Soricidae	Acanthoecidae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Stephanoeca
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Stephanoeca kentii

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

Stephanoeca kentii is a loricate choanoflagellate, a marine unicellular organism that constructs a delicate basket-like structure (lorica) of siliceous strips surrounding its cell. It inhabits coastal and oceanic waters where it feeds on picoplankton bacteria. Choanoflagellates like this species are of scientific interest as the closest living unicellular relatives of animals.