Malayan Water Shrew vs Thatching grass

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Hyparrhenia hirta

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Thatching grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Thatching grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Soricidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Chimarrogale	Hyparrhenia
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Hyparrhenia hirta

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Thatching grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Thatching grass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Thatching grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Czech Republic, Portugal, Spain), North America (Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).