Malayan Water Shrew vs Wild Cane

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Piper reticulatum

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Wild Cane is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Wild Cane
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Piperales (Piperales)
Family	Soricidae	Piperaceae
Genus	Chimarrogale	Piper
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Piper reticulatum

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Wild Cane

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan Water Shrew	Wild Cane
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wild Cane

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Colombia.