Malayan Water Shrew vs thatch palm

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Coccothrinax crinita

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while thatch palm is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	thatch palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Soricidae	Arecaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Coccothrinax
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Coccothrinax crinita

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

thatch palm

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	thatch palm
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

thatch palm

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Cuba. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.