Malayan Water Shrew vs Water spangles

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Salvinia minima

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Water spangles is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Water spangles
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Soricidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Salvinia
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Salvinia minima

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Water spangles

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Water spangles

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Sri Lanka), North America (Cuba, Dominican Republic, United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).