Malayan Water Shrew vs Translucent Stonewort

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Nitella translucens

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Translucent Stonewort is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Translucent Stonewort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Charophyta (Charophyta)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Charophyceae (Charophyceae)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Charales (Charales)
Family	Soricidae	Characeae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Nitella
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Nitella translucens

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Translucent Stonewort

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Translucent Stonewort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Translucent Stonewort

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.