Malayan Water Shrew vs Tiny Fern-Moss

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Fissidens exiguus

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Tiny Fern-Moss is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Tiny Fern-Moss
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Bryophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Bryopsida (Bryopsida)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Dicranales (Dicranales)
Family	Soricidae	Fissidentaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Fissidens
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Fissidens exiguus

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Tiny Fern-Moss

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Tiny Fern-Moss
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tiny Fern-Moss

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and United States.