Malayan Water Shrew vs Whitley’s cuttlefish

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Sepia whitleyana

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Whitley’s cuttlefish is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Whitley’s cuttlefish
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Cephalopoda (Cephalopods)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Sepiida (Sepiida)
Family	Soricidae	Sepiidae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Sepia
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Sepia whitleyana

Evolutionary Relationship

Malayan Water Shrew and Whitley’s cuttlefish share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Whitley’s cuttlefish

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Whitley’s cuttlefish
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Whitley’s cuttlefish