Malayan Water Shrew vs Tall Melilot

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Melilotus altissimus

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Tall Melilot is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Tall Melilot
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Soricidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Melilotus
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Melilotus altissimus

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Tall Melilot

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tall Melilot

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (12 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).