Malayan Water Shrew vs umkokolo

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Dovyalis caffra

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	umkokolo
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Soricidae	Salicaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Dovyalis
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Dovyalis caffra

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

umkokolo

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

umkokolo

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).