Malayan Water Shrew vs Thin-flowered Colchicum

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Colchicum leptanthum

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Thin-flowered Colchicum is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Thin-flowered Colchicum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Liliales (Liliales)
Family	Soricidae	Colchicaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Colchicum
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Colchicum leptanthum

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Thin-flowered Colchicum

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Thin-flowered Colchicum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Thin-flowered Colchicum

Habitat

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