Malayan Water Shrew vs Ursine Colobus

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Colobus vellerosus

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Ursine Colobus is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Ursine Colobus
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Soricidae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Chimarrogale	Colobus
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Colobus vellerosus

Evolutionary Relationship

Malayan Water Shrew and Ursine Colobus share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Ursine Colobus

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Ursine Colobus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ursine Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.