Malayan Water Shrew vs Tickclover

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Desmodium incanum

Key Differences

  • Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Tickclover is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Malayan Water Shrew Tickclover
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha) Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family Soricidae Fabaceae
Genus Chimarrogale Desmodium
Species Chimarrogale hantu Desmodium incanum

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Tickclover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Malayan Water Shrew Tickclover
Diet — —
Average Lifespan — —
Average Length — —
Average Weight — —

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tickclover

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (Japan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Malayan Water Shrew

No description available.

Tickclover

No description available.

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