Malayan Water Shrew vs Wavy Spiderhead

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Serruria confragosa

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Wavy Spiderhead is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Wavy Spiderhead
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Proteales (Proteales)
Family	Soricidae	Proteaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Serruria
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Serruria confragosa

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Wavy Spiderhead

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Wavy Spiderhead
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wavy Spiderhead

Habitat

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