Malayan Water Shrew vs veldt-grape

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Cissus quadrangularis

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while veldt-grape is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	veldt-grape
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Vitales (Vitales)
Family	Soricidae	Vitaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Cissus
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Cissus quadrangularis

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

veldt-grape

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	veldt-grape
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

veldt-grape

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Maldives), and North America (Cuba, United States).