Malayan Water Shrew vs Vegetable fern

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Vegetable fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Soricidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Diplazium
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.