Malayan Water Shrew vs Straw-coloured-headed Centaury

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Psephellus straminicephalus

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Straw-coloured-headed Centaury is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Straw-coloured-headed Centaury
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Soricidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Chimarrogale	Psephellus
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Psephellus straminicephalus

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Straw-coloured-headed Centaury

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Straw-coloured-headed Centaury
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Straw-coloured-headed Centaury

Habitat

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