Malayan Water Shrew vs Wax flower

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Hoya australis

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Wax flower is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Wax flower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Soricidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Hoya
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Hoya australis

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Wax flower

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Wax flower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wax flower

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Marshall Islands, Tonga, and United States.