Malayan Water Shrew vs Three-Spotted Pink

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Dianthus tripunctatus

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Three-Spotted Pink is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Three-Spotted Pink
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Soricidae	Caryophyllaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Dianthus
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Dianthus tripunctatus

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Three-Spotted Pink

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Three-Spotted Pink
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Three-Spotted Pink

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Portugal and United States.