Malayan Water Shrew vs True indigo

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Indigofera tinctoria

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while True indigo is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	True indigo
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	Indigofera
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Indigofera tinctoria

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

True indigo

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	True indigo
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

True indigo

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (8 countries), North America (9 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).