Malayan Water Shrew vs Sweetgrass Hydnellum

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Hydnellum suaveolens

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Sweetgrass Hydnellum is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Sweetgrass Hydnellum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Soricidae	Bankeraceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Hydnellum
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Hydnellum suaveolens

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Sweetgrass Hydnellum

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sweetgrass Hydnellum

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Norway, Sweden, and United States.