Malayan Water Shrew vs Touch-me-not

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Melianthus comosus

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Touch-me-not is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Touch-me-not
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Geraniales (Geraniales)
Family	Soricidae	Melianthaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Melianthus
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Melianthus comosus

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Touch-me-not

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Touch-me-not
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Touch-me-not

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia and Spain.