Malayan Water Shrew vs Stringwood

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Acalypha rubrinervis

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Stringwood is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Stringwood
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Soricidae	Euphorbiaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Acalypha
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Acalypha rubrinervis

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Stringwood

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Stringwood

Habitat

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