Malayan Water Shrew vs Streamside Swordfern

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Nephrolepis rivularis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Streamside Swordfern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Soricidae	Nephrolepidaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Nephrolepis
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Nephrolepis rivularis

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Streamside Swordfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Streamside Swordfern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.