Malayan Water Shrew vs water dock

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Rumex aquaticus

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while water dock is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	water dock
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Soricidae	Polygonaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Rumex
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Rumex aquaticus

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

water dock

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	water dock
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

water dock

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Asia (India, Japan) and Europe (4 countries).