Malayan Water Shrew vs Three-lined Soldier

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Oxycera trilineata

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Three-lined Soldier is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Three-lined Soldier
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Soricidae	Stratiomyidae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Oxycera
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Oxycera trilineata

Evolutionary Relationship

Malayan Water Shrew and Three-lined Soldier share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Three-lined Soldier

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Three-lined Soldier
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Three-lined Soldier

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.