Malayan Water Shrew vs toothcup

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Ammannia latifolia

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	toothcup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Soricidae	Lythraceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Ammannia
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Ammannia latifolia

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

toothcup

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

toothcup

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco), North America (Cuba), and South America (4 countries).