Malayan Water Shrew vs Wild Lettuce

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Lactuca quercina

Key Differences

• Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while Wild Lettuce is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan Water Shrew	Wild Lettuce
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Soricidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Chimarrogale	Lactuca
Species	Chimarrogale hantu	Lactuca quercina

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Wild Lettuce

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wild Lettuce

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.